In general we would like to recommend not using meta refreshes in lieu
of a server side 301 redirect. Not only are they generally seen as a
bad experience by users, they are also treated differently by the
various search engines. If you cannot do a server side redirect, I
would recommend grabbing a list of your links from your webmaster
tools account and contacting the site owners to change them
appropriately. Yes, it is a bit of work, but webmasters are generally
happy to comply. You should generally not rely on meta refreshes (or
javascript redirects) to be treated the same as server side redirects.

John