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Resettlement Agencies

Arrive Ministries: 612-798-4332; arriveministries.org.

Catholic Charities, Twin Cities:

651-647-3100; cctwincities.org.

Catholic Charities, Winona: 1-507-454-2270; ccsomn.org.

International Institute of Minnesota: 651-647-0191; iimn.org.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota: 651-642-5990; lssmn.org.

Minnesota Council of Churches: 612-870-3600; mnchurches.org.

Direct Service Work

American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa: 763-270-5351; araha.org.

Center for Victims of Torture: 612-436-4800; cvt.org.

Madre (New York): 1-212-627-0444; madre.org.

UN Refugee Agency (Switzerland): 41-22-739-8111; unhcr.org.

UNICEF: 1-212-326-7000; unicef.org.

International Committee of the Red Cross (Switzerland): 41-22-734-60-01; icrc.org.

International Rescue Committee (New York): 1-212-551-3000; rescue.org.

Legal services and advocacy

Advocates for Human Rights: 612-341-3302; advrights.org.

International Refugee Assistance Project, Urban Justice Center (New York): refugeerights.org.

Immigrant Law Center: 651-641-1011; ilcm.org.

Global Rights for Women: 612-305-7683; grwomen.org.

CAIR-MN: 612-206-3360; cairmn.com.

Government

Minnesota Refugee Assistance: mn.gov/dhs/people-we-serve/seniors/services/refugee-assistance.

Culture organizations

Karen Organization of Minnesota: 651-788-7593; mnkaren.org.

Somali Museum: 612-234-1625; somalimuseum.org.

Iraqi American Reconciliation Project: 952-545-9981; reconciliationproject.org.

Twin Cities World Refugee Day: tcworldrefugeeday.org.

Sheila Regan