caseload now includes more than 4.000 of such refugees. mostly difficult to resettle. The AFCR program is one of continuing assistance with resettlement. local integration. material and medical help. education. recreation. and rehabilitation of children. Newer refugees are resettled as soon as possible into the United States or other free world countries. American Immigration and Citizenship Conference (AICC). 509 Madison Avenue. New York. N.Y.: The AICC. as an association of voluntary agencies. does not conduct programs of direct relief. But its work is of importance to refugees in that it bears upon their admission to this country and integration once they are here. The AICC is a coordinating agency for over 90 nonprofit and nonpolitical agencies interested in promoting a nondiscriminatory immigration policy. Standing committees initiate and carry out studies on immigration legislation. immigrant integration. citizenship preparation. International migration affairs and immigration research. AICC acts as a clearinghouse for information. stimulates conferences on immigration and refugees and provides the means for joint action by its member agencies. AICCs work is bolstered by its numerous publications. American Middle East Rehabilitation. Inc. (AMER). 54 East 64th Street. New York. N.Y.: AMERs aims and objectives are threefold (1) to help provide vocational training for Palestine Arab refugee youths. (2) to provide emergency relief when needed in the Middle East. and (3) to promote and help support projects designed to help raise the standards of living in the Middle East. Chartered in New York in 1948 as American Middle East Relief. Inc..
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