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University of East London

Northern Refugee Centre


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2381 C201014

Held at: University of East London

Title: Northern Refugee Centre

Date(s): 1983-

Level of description: collection

Extent: c 76 files

Name of creator(s): Northern Refugee Centre

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Northern Refugee Centre (NRC), was established 1983 and is now based in Sheffield. The NRC is a registered charity supporting the integration of refugees and asylum seekers. In addition, the NRC exists to promote the welfare of all refugees and asylum seekers within the Yorkshire and Humber region.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Northern Refugee Centre, from 1983 to the time of writing, chiefly comprising files arranged by country containing material on refugees including: pamphlets and leaflets, published and unpublished reports, offprints of articles, press cuttings, newsletters and press releases. The collection also comprises annual reports from other refugee organisations and published material on refugees.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Original order. Cheifly arranged by country.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to copyright and the condition of the original, may be supplied. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the archivist.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by the Northern Refugee Centre, Jan 2007

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: http://www.nrcentre.org.uk/

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Emigration | Migration
Humanitarian assistance | International cooperation | International politics
Immigrants | Migrants
Refugees | Migrants
War devastated countries | International conflicts
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Northern Refugee Centre

Places
Afghanistan | Middle East
Albania | Eastern Europe
Algeria | North Africa
Angola | Southern Africa
Armenia | Caucasian States
Bahrain | Gulf States | Middle East
Bangladesh | South Asia
Belgium | Western Europe | Europe
Bhutan | South Asia
Burundi | East Africa
Cambodia | South East Asia
Cameroon | Central Africa
Chad | Central Africa
Colombia | South America
Congo | Central Africa
Czech Republic | Eastern Europe
Côte d'Ivoire | West Africa | Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Africa
East Timor | South East Asia
Equatorial Guinea | Central Africa
Ethiopia | East Africa
France | Western Europe | Europe
Gambia | West Africa | Africa
Germany | Western Europe | Europe
Ghana | West Africa | Africa
Guinea | West Africa | Africa
Guinea Bissau | West Africa | Africa
Hungary | Eastern Europe
Indonesia | South East Asia
Iran, Islamic Republic | Middle East
Iraq | Middle East
Israel | Middle East
Japan | East Asia
Kenya | East Africa
Korea | East Asia
Kosovo | Serbia | Yugoslavia | Eastern Europe
Kuwait | Gulf States | Middle East
Lao PDR | South East Asia
Lebanon | Middle East
Lesotho | Southern Africa
Liberia | West Africa | Africa
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | North Africa
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Malawi | Central Africa
Malaysia | South East Asia
Maldives | South Asia
Mauritania | West Africa | Africa
Morocco | North Africa
Mozambique | Southern Africa
Myanmar | South East Asia
Nepal | South Asia
Niger | West Africa | Africa
Palestine | Middle East
Papua New Guinea | Oceania
Philippines | South East Asia
Romania | Eastern Europe
Rwanda | East Africa
Saudi Arabia | Gulf States | Middle East
Senegal | West Africa | Africa
Sierra Leone | West Africa | Africa
Somalia | East Africa
South Africa | Southern Africa
Sri Lanka | South Asia
Sudan | East Africa
Switzerland | Western Europe | Europe
Syrian AR | Middle East
Tanzania UR | East Africa
Tibet | China | East Asia
Togo | West Africa | Africa
Turkey | Middle East
USA | North America
Uganda | East Africa
Viet Nam | South East Asia
Western Sahara | West Africa | Africa
Yemen | Middle East
Zambia | Southern Africa
Zimbabwe | Southern Africa
Caribbean
Central America