Useful resources

• AlertNet for Journalists - Crisis briefings, country statistics, press monitoring and more
• Article 19
  What's the story? Analysis of media coverage and contacts available free on CD Rom from Article 19
• BBC has produced a useful 'jargon-buster'
• The Challenge of Reporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers available from ICAR & PressWise RAM Project.
• Forced Migration Online (worldwide database)
• Her Majesty's Stationery Office (All the latest laws)
• Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees
• Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR)
• Media Diversity Institute
• MediaWise Trust
• Migration Information Source (international data and comment)
• National Statistics Office UK 
• Home Office
• Refugees and Asylum Seekers - A guide for journalists in Scotland
  Useful material applicable UK-wide compiled by NUJ and Amnesty International Scotland.
• Refugees, Asylum-seekers & Media Project (with Directory of Exiled Journalists)
• ReliefWeb - Country and emergency profiles compiling UN, governmental and non-governmental information
• UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) - 'Basic facts' section 

Contacts for facts and quotes
Some will have Scottish, Welsh, NI and regional offices

Relevant Government Departments

• National Statistics Office UK 
  Tel: 020 7533 5725 
• Home Office 
  Press Office: 020 7035 4848

Refugee-specific organisations

• Asylum Aid 
  Tel: 020 7354 9631
• Exiled Journalists' Network (including Directory of Exiled Journalists) 
  Press Office: 0845 002 0167
• Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees 
  Press office: 020 7040 4596
• Migrant Helpline 
  Tel: 01304 203 977
• North of England Refugee Service 
  Tel: 01304 203 977
• Refugee Action 
  Tel: 0161 233 1956 / 020 7654 7714
• Refugee Council 
  Press office: 020 7346 1213; Out of hours: 0870 055 5500
• Scottish Refugee Council 
  Press office: 0141 223 2927
• Welsh Refugee Council 
  Press office: 029 2043 2996
• UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) 
  UK Press Office: 020 7759 8090

Refugee-related organisations

• Amnesty International 
  Tel: 020 7413 5566; Out of hours: 07721 398984
• Helen Bamber Foundation 
  Tel: 020 7631 4492
• Institute of Race Relations 
  Tel: 020 7837 0041
• Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture 
  Tel: 020 7697 7783
• Save the Children 
  Tel: 020 7012 6841

Organisations dealing with wider immigration issues

• Bail for Immigration Detainees 
  Press Office: 020 7247 3590
• Equality & Human Rights Commission 
  Press Office: 020 3117 0251
• European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)  (Europe-wide database)
  Tel: 020 7377 7556
• Immigration Advisory Service 
  Tel: 020 7357 7511
• Immigration Law Practitioners Association 
  Tel: 020 7251 8383
• International Organization for Migration 
  Press Office: 020 7808 1084 / 1094
• Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants 
  Tel: 020 7251 8708
• Migrants Rights Network 
  Press Office: 020 7288 1267
• National Coalition of Anti Deportation Campaigns (NCADC) 
  Tel: 0121 554 6947
• National Asylum Support Service (NASS) 
  Tel: 020 7633 0304
• Refugee Studies Centre 
  Tel: 01865 270722
• Student Action for Refugees (STAR) 
  Tel: 020 7840 4443