While Thailand’s most famous refugees are the 140,000 Myanmar refugees living in camps, a virtually invisible, undocumented, and steadily growing population of urban refugees are living in Bangkok. Since Thailand is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention that protects refugees’ fundamental rights, refugees who arrive in Bangkok every month are particularly vulnerable to […]
ED Emily Arnold-Fernandez was awarded the 2013 Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize. The award recognizes the work of the entire Asylum Access family, past and present. Asylum Access Ecuador advocated for refugee rights before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) on October 31st, seeking a review of refugee status determination (RSD) processes […]
Notes from a visit to our offices in border towns and cities across Ecuador. One year after Asylum Access Ecuador opened five new offices around the country, I visited to observe their progress. It’s a special experience to visit any of our frontline operations. The heart and soul of our work — helping a refugee […]
After over three years of silence, the Tanzanian government began reviewing applications for refugee legal status again this May, a process that determines whether refugees would be granted the right to safety and the right to remain in Tanzania legally. The National Eligibility Council (NEC) is a group of government leaders created to handle refugee […]
Name: Juan Gonzalez Office: Asylum Access Thailand Age: 37 Hometown: Colombia and USA How did you hear about Asylum Access? I was in China before I came here, until plans to remain in China fell through. I found out about Asylum Access Thailand through someone I met last year. At first, I was interested in Asylum […]
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration next year, Asylum Access Ecuador (AAE) is one of three organizations leading the Cartagena +30 Civil Society Initiative, a research project to identify and propose strategies to improve the protection and social inclusion of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stateless persons in the Americas. Led […]
We are excited to announce that Executive Director Emily Arnold-Fernandez was awarded the Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize this year, an annual prize that honors individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their field and who show creativity, commitment and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change.The Grinnell […]
A Thematic Hearing before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) Thursday, October 31st, 3:15pm – 4:15pm EST Asylum Access sought a review of refugee status determination (RSD) processes to ensure access to due process as part of our regional advocacy for improvements in RSD ahead of the 30th Anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration of Refugees in […]
An interview with our new Global Legal Services Associate Director. This July, Asylum Access welcomed Amalia Greenberg Delgado to our global leadership team in San Francisco. A long-time refugee rights advocate, Amalia brings with her years of experience working in immigrant and refugee rights representation and advocacy in Egypt, Turkey, Ecuador and the USA. 1. First, […]
Asylum Access’s 8th Annual Summer Soiree and Auction featured U.S. Olympian Meb Keflezighi on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at The City Club of San Francisco. Thank you to all our wonderful guests who joined us in support of Asylum Access and refugee rights! Photos by Jennifer Zee (www.ginkgophoto.com) available here. The UN Human Rights Council […]