A typical day for an Asylum Access Mexico lawyer would normally consist of in-person interviews to review cases, accompanying clients applying for asylum, conducting know-your-rights trainings and routine visits to check-in on clients at shelters and detention centers. That routine has changed. In Tijuana, while the US government has decided to close its borders to […]
Ciudad de México, 02 de abril del 2020. La muerte de una persona solicitante de asilo en la estación migratoria de Tenosique el pasado 31 de marzo es consecuencia de las condiciones de detención, la negligencia del INM y la participación de la Guardia Nacional. Mantener a las personas en detención migratoria, en grave riesgo de […]
Ciudad de México, 08 de Enero de 2020 Asylum Access México (AAMX) obtiene nuevos datos de cifras de solicitantes de asilo en espera de sus procedimientos ante la COMAR, estas cifras demuestran los impactos de políticas de asilo en México y los Estados Unidos; 63.860 personas esperan determinaciones en sus casos de asilo en México. […]
Mexico City, MX — New Transparency Law data from COMAR shows impact of US and Mexican asylum policies 63,860 people are waiting for asylum in Mexico. Over 6,000 have been waiting for a decision for over a year, leaving them stuck in the state where they applied. New COMAR data obtained by an Asylum Access […]
Por segunda ocasión una mujer de nacionalidad venezolana solicita expresamente acceder al procedimiento para ser reconocida como refugiada y se le niega el acceso, esta a punto de ser devuelta a su país nuevamente. Agentes del Instituto Nacional de Migración en el aeropuerto dicen que “El Refugio ya no existe”. Ciudad de México, 03 de […]
Mexico has seen a substantial increase in the number of refugees applying for asylum. So far in 2019, over 60,000 people have applied for asylum in Mexico, many times over the 3,400 applications received when Asylum Access Mexico was first founded in 2015. With the current US administration putting up further barriers to refugees seeking […]
OAKLAND, CA — Asylum Access and Asylum Access México joined the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies and other asylum advocates in filing an amicus brief in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Barr at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opposing the Trump Administration’s Third Country Asylum rule. The brief shows that this rule, which […]
Click here to download the PDF of this press release Haz clic aquí para leer este comunicado en español A Central American family sought asylum at Mexico’s southern border but were denied by Mexican border officials, detained in an immigration detention center, and illegally held for over 10 days despite a court order. Asylum Access […]
Haz clic aquí para descargar el PDF de este comunicado de prensa Personas migrantes de Centroamérica intentaban solicitar la internación al país y la condición de refugiado. El Instituto Nacional de Migración ignoró su petición de internación regular y los detuvo ilegalmente. A pesar de una orden judicial de un juzgado de Distrito, el INM […]
CONTACT: Emily Arnold-Fernández, CEO and president, +1.415.601.3896 Diana Essex-Lettieri, COO and vice-president, +1.805.512.0645 OAKLAND — The Trump administration’s most recent attack on refugee families fleeing violence in Central America is dangerous — and illegal. Thousands of women, children and men are making the treacherous journey to the US border because they seek safety and compassion. […]