Organizace pro pomoc uprchlíkům/Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU)
OPU provides social, psychological, and legal counseling to asylum-seekers. It operates field programs and a halfway house for young people and helps unaccompanied minors as well as stateless persons. OPU also coordinates the UNHCR volunteer programme iVolunteer matching refugees with local volunteers. OPU has offices in Prague, Brno, Pilsen, Hradec Králové and Ostrava.
🌐 www.opu.cz
Sdružení pro integraci a migraci/Association for Integration and Migration (SIMI)
SIMI has been defending the rights and interests of refugees and migrants since 1992. It offers social, labor, and legal counseling to refugees and migrants living in the Czech Republic. SIMI aids in the areas of housing, health care, education, paperwork, work permits, the Czech language, free internet, and training in practical skills. In addition, SIMI also works with the public and specializes in support to victims of gender-based violence and labour exploitation.
🌐 www.migrace.com
La Strada
La Strada provides assistance to all who have become or may become victims of the crime of human trafficking and exploitation. La Strada offers them specific options on how to deal with an unfavourable situation and how to protect themselves and their families. La Strada works to solve the issue of human trafficking and gender-based violence by providing field social services and counseling, intervention, and safe accommodation. It also operates an emergency helpline.
🌐 www.strada.cz
➕ Other organizations that offer help for refugees and asylum-seekers in the Czech Republic are:
🔹 Poradna pro integraci / Counselling Centre for Integration (PPI) provides social, educational, and legal support, as well as Czech language courses and tutoring in various school subjects.
🔹 Fórum pro lidská práva / Forum for Human Rights focuses on international human rights litigation and advocacy, including in the areas of asylum, immigration, and detention.
🔹 InBaze provides legal, social, and psychological counseling and individual assistance through community activities, Czech language courses, or leisure time activities for children and youth, as well as helps with interpretation, translation, and accompanying you to meetings with the state administration officers or when seeking medical care.
🔹 Diakonie covers programs helping people who are looking for safety and employment in the Czech Republic and helps prevent the exploitation of foreigners on the labour market.