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Many forcibly displaced people are prevented from working in the countries to which they’ve...
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Recognizing women’s worldwide social, economic, cultural, and political achievements, International Women’s Day will be...
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(In English below) La separación familiar puede ser una de las experiencias más difíciles...
Historias como la de Naran se han convertido en un símbolo de esperanza y...
(Jump to English version below) Pascal Beltrán del Río, periodista que ha ganado dos...
Advocating for changes in the law takes time, patience, determination and effective collaboration (En...
Asylum Access is profoundly dismayed by today’s announcement by the US Department of Homeland...
Chepe is from Honduras and worked with Asylum Access Mexico to acquire his refugee...
Last week, the Hospitality Route, an initiative by Asylum Access Mexico, held a series...
The Hospitality Route, an initiative by Asylum Access Mexico, is looking for volunteers to...
On the border between Mexico and Guatemala, at a crossing known as El Ceibo,...
August 24, 2021 Asylum Access is dismayed by yesterday’s US Supreme Court Order reinstating...
El equipo de Litigio Estratégico de Asylum Access México logró una importante suspensión dentro...
Webinar: Presentación de la Iniciativa de Liderazgo para las Personas Refugiadas (RRLI) Invitamos a...
Children’s Day is celebrated on April 30 in Mexico, and so the team at...
Nueva York, 4 de mayo, una coalición mundial liderada por personas refugiadas busca reconfigurar...
Asylum Access México fue creado en junio de 2015 para ayudar a las personas...
The ability to seek safety in a new country is a fundamental human right....
En un entorno nacionalista y en medio de la peor crisis sanitaria desde la...
President Biden recently took steps to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane asylum...
*Simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish will be provided for the event President Biden...
President Biden recently took several important steps to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel and...
El Instituto Nacional de Migración restringe la posibilidad de que las personas solicitantes...
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Kindly note that during this period, our phone number will not be available, but...
Asylum Access Thailand is looking for community interpreters for a Somali, Jrai, and Urdu...
Asylum Access Thailand services and contacts are available in multiple languages. Please visit the...
On this International Artist Day (25 Oct), Asylum Access Thailand is excited to introduce...
📢 Asylum Access Thailand (AAT) is seeking one individual with lived experience of forced...
“ผู้ลี้ภัย” หรือ “Refugee” คือคำที่คนไทยไม่คุ้นเคย เนื่องจากไทยไม่ได้เป็นภาคีของอนุสัญญาปี ค.ศ. 1951 ว่าด้วยสถานภาพผู้ลี้ภัย ทำให้ผู้ลี้ภัยในไทยไม่ได้รับสถานะความคุ้มครองทางกฎหมาย
ภายใต้อนุสัญญาผู้ลี้ภัยฯ ผู้ลี้ภัย (Refugee) คือ.......
AAT and the CrCF hosted an event to raise awareness and discuss legal issues...
Asylum Access Thailand is excited to share the results of our refugee-led research study...
The comic book, The Three Friends against COVID-19 is available now for every urban...
Today, January 21, 2022, is the third year since ATD MOU was established in...
The DCA group provides me with great knowledge and training to become a human...
In the midst-year of 2021, the COVID-19 situation in Thailand was at its peak...
Hello Friend, My name is Maya*, and I want to share with you about...
Due to the COVID-19 disruption in Thailand, many refugees have limited access to valid...
How do you advance refugee rights in a country that does not yet recognize...
หลักการห้ามผลักดันกลับ หรือ Non-Refoulement ผูกพันประเทศไทยอย่างไร Written by Kornkanok Wathanabhoom, Policy Advocacy and Communications Coordinator...
“Always have faith and be confident…there are always solutions to the problems,” said J...
In light of global migration, Bangkok has hosted thousands of refugees who have various...
Asylum Access Thailand has submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of...
I had only one day to pack up and leave my country. Lina, Paralegal...
In commemoration of World Refugee Day, 20th June of every year, AAT proudly presents...
Asylum Access Thailand, in collaboration with Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, People Empowerment Foundation,...
Being a refugee was not my choice. Bangkok urban refugee in the CRSP webinar...
Recognizing women’s worldwide social, economic, cultural, and political achievements, International Women’s Day will be...
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(en español abajo) Refugee-led organizations are making a profound impact on their communities –...
The Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI) envisions a world in which all people who...
Refugees contribute extensively to their new communities when given the opportunity ─ as has...
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Asylum Access will attend the upcoming Global Refugee Forum 2023 (GRF), organized by the...
At Asylum Access, we firmly believe in the principle that the only true protection...
We have charted a path forward for Asylum Access with intentional efforts toward equity...
(En español abajo) Hello friend, My name is Nuam Pii, and I am a...
My name is Amir. I am from Afghanistan, a country I love dearly, but...
Your steadfast support as allies and partners is indispensable as we work collectively to...
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Asylum Access, together with the University of York, held a Refugee Rights Leadership Training...
Ecuador has recently begun to implement a new visa, which allows nationals of MERCOSUR...
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Asylum Access will attend the upcoming Global Refugee Forum 2023 (GRF), organized by the...
At Asylum Access, we firmly believe in the principle that the only true protection...
We have charted a path forward for Asylum Access with intentional efforts toward equity...
(En español abajo) Hello friend, My name is Nuam Pii, and I am a...
My name is Amir. I am from Afghanistan, a country I love dearly, but...
Your steadfast support as allies and partners is indispensable as we work collectively to...
We at Asylum Access are devastated by the violence being exercised against a refugee...
Hoy celebramos un paso importante hacia el aborto libre, legal y seguro para todas...
(In English below) La separación familiar puede ser una de las experiencias más difíciles...
We couldn’t be prouder of our CEO, Sana Ali Mustafa, as a winner of...
While we at Asylum Access have always participated in World Refugee Day in some...
Joint statement from Asylum Access and the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (En español abajo)...
I support Asylum Access because they have the courage, vision, commitment, and passion to...
I have witnessed all the work that Asylum Access Mexico has developed almost from...
I deeply trust Asylum Access. Their approach and collaboration with other local and refugee-led...
I wanted to work with an organization that is targeting the systems that strip...
(En español abajo) Asylum Access is thrilled to announce that US-based philanthropist MacKenzie Scott...
(en español abajo) Refugee-led organizations are making a profound impact on their communities –...
I deeply believe in the work of Asylum Access because of what we do,...
We at Asylum Access are furious. The murder of these bright, young women is...
On September 22, 2022, a boat carrying as many as 150 people capsized off...
Asylum Access, together with the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Refugees International, has...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 26 July 2022 Contact: Graham Kembo, Asylum Access / RRLI graham.kembo@asylumaccess.org...
We are excited and deeply proud to introduce the woman who will lead Asylum...
Asylum Access’ Response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Ruling To our friends...
Si eres una persona haitiana refugiada o solicitante de asilo, o si brindas atención...
Communities across Europe opened their doors to welcome over four million refugees fleeing the...
Tens of thousands of people living in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic...
February is Black History Month. It started in 1915 when Carter G. Woodson (Ph.D....
Asylum Access is deeply concerned about the situation unfolding inside and outside of Ukraine....
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is ongoing and circumstances are changing rapidly. All information listed below...
We are thrilled to share that our appeal raised over $100,000 to help support...
We believe in the work we do because we know that it works. Here’s...
Asylum Access wants to dismantle the structures that enable refugee exclusion Hello Friend, My...
The durable solutions on offer for refugees are leaving millions behind. Here’s what we...
(En español abajo) On December 14, 2021, we brought together key voices from across...
(En español abajo) Asylum Access understands that institutions led by those most affected and...
Around the world, many governments are excluding forcibly displaced communities from vaccination programs. Asylum...
I want to share with you an inside look into Asylum Access as told...
Human rights violations transpire in every country. From chronic gun violence to deplorable immigration...
En la frontera entre México y Guatemala, en un cruce conocido como El Ceibo,...
(En español abajo) We are watching with deep concern and sadness as the situation...
If you wish to help people at risk in Afghanistan We have prepared a...
(En español abajo) Dear friends of Asylum Access, Sixteen years ago, I founded Asylum...
(En español abajo) Dear friends and colleagues, After 16 years of visionary leadership, in...
(En español abajo) Dear friends, For the last 16 years, Asylum Access has led...
Asylum Access Mexico’s team of legal advisers in Tijuana achieved an important victory after...
This list has been compiled with the information available to us at the time...
El equipo de asesores legales de Asylum Access México en Tijuana tuvo una importante...
August 11, 2021 (Oakland, USA and Mexico City, Mexico). Asylum Access and Asylum Access Mexico...
La pandemia por COVID-19 golpeó a muchas personas en su salud y su economía,...
The UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees—also known as “The 1951 Refugee...
The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law is a groundbreaking new book that critiques...
Marian, mujer refugiada en México y usuaria de nuestra Ruta de la Hospitalidad, fue...
Ciudad de México, 1 de julio 2021.- Ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos...
US-Mexico border policy is a priority for the Biden-Harris administration, which recently assigned Vice...
On World Refugee Day, the international community focuses global attention on the experience and...
Refugees contribute extensively to their new communities when given the opportunity ─ as has...
Este lunes, organizaciones y redes de la sociedad civil, que trabajan con población migrante...
El equipo de Litigio Estratégico de Asylum Access México logró una importante suspensión dentro...
Webinar: Presentación de la Iniciativa de Liderazgo para las Personas Refugiadas (RRLI) Invitamos a...
By: Diana Essex-Lettieri, Vice President and COO & Sana Mustafa, Director of Partnerships and...
Children’s Day is celebrated on April 30 in Mexico, and so the team at...
Webinar: Introducing the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI) We invite donors, allies and other...
Nueva York, 4 de mayo, una coalición mundial liderada por personas refugiadas busca reconfigurar...
New York, May 4, a global refugee-led coalition seeks to reshape system by putting...
Asylum Access México fue creado en junio de 2015 para ayudar a las personas...
The ability to seek safety in a new country is a fundamental human right....
En un entorno nacionalista y en medio de la peor crisis sanitaria desde la...
President Biden recently took steps to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel and inhumane asylum...
Recognizing women’s worldwide social, economic, cultural, and political achievements, International Women’s Day will be...
*Simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish will be provided for the event President Biden...
President Biden recently took several important steps to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel and...
El Instituto Nacional de Migración restringe la posibilidad de que las personas solicitantes...
Urgente garantizar la correcta identificación de las víctimas, asistir a sus familiares, esclarecer los...
Da click aquí para ver la versión completa PDF de este pronunciamiento que incluye...
Click here to view the full PDF version of this press release, including a...
Today, seven Mexican civil society organizations published recommendations for the Biden-Harris administration to end...
This press release is also available in English Nueva York, 19 de agosto de...
Este comunicado de prensa también está disponible en español New York, August 19, 2020...
Asylum Access México joined a regional coalition of 41 organizations from El Salvador, Guatemala,...
The Trump Administration proposed a new regulation that would virtually eliminate asylum in the...
In southern Mexico, migrants who seek asylum face a lack of infrastructure, scarce job...
Over the past few weeks, COVID-19 cases have surged around Latin America, particularly in...
The Asylum Access team has been horrified and outraged by the murder of George...
A year ago, lawyers from Asylum Access Mexico met a woman at a shelter...
Español abajo. As stay-at-home orders become longer, people around the world are adjusting to...
Elvis lived in El Salvador for most of his adult life, until he was...
A typical day for an Asylum Access Mexico lawyer would normally consist of in-person...
Ciudad de México, 02 de abril del 2020. La muerte de una persona solicitante de...
Ciudad de México, 08 de Enero de 2020 Asylum Access México (AAMX) obtiene nuevos...
Mexico City, MX — New Transparency Law data from COMAR shows impact of US...
Por segunda ocasión una mujer de nacionalidad venezolana solicita expresamente acceder al procedimiento para...
Mexico has seen a substantial increase in the number of refugees applying for asylum....
OAKLAND, CA — Asylum Access and Asylum Access México joined the Center for Gender...
Click here to download the PDF of this press release Haz clic aquí para...
Haz clic aquí para descargar el PDF de este comunicado de prensa Personas migrantes...
CONTACT: Emily Arnold-Fernández, CEO and president, +1.415.601.3896 Diana Essex-Lettieri, COO and vice-president, +1.805.512.0645 OAKLAND...
CONTACT: Emily Arnold-Fernández, executive director, +1.415.601.3896 Diana Essex-Lettieri, deputy director, +1.805.512.0645 OAKLAND — Asylum Access is...
Asylum Access and Immigrant Defenders Law Center, represented by the National Immigration Law Center......
People fleeing Honduras are not a "caravan," says Asylum Access Mexico, a leading refugee...
Organizations from across the Americas called on the Inter American Commission of Human Rights...
Civil society groups, including Asylum Access, are helping the Latin American region set an...
A man unlawfully deported can return from ‘no man’s land’ on border with Kenya;...
I met Heba (not her real name) and a few other Syrian refugee women...
Every year International Women’s Day celebrates women and their accomplishments not only in Malaysia...
Happy International Women’s Day! Refugee women are unsung heroes — powerful protectors of their...
Name: Sherrinder Kaur Age: 22 Hometown: Penang, Malaysia Schools Attended and Degrees Conferred: Bachelor...
Asylum Access signed this joint NGO statement, alongside the Regional Working Group for the...
Asylum Access Malaysia presented an independent report yesterday, February 20, in Geneva to the...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2018 (en español abajo) Brasilia: In December of 2014,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2018 (en español abajo) Mexico City – A district...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2018 Media contact: Brian Rawson, Asylum Access, Mobile: 617...
Asylum Access is pleased to announce www.refugeeworkrights.org, an interactive website that evaluates refugees’ access...
“Migrants and refugees are not only subjects of humanitarian aid, but generators of prosperity...
Up until now, global response to the world’s 22.5 million refugees has centered around...
January 12, 2018 President Trump’s vulgar and racist remarks about Haiti, El Salvador,...
Sisters Hasina and Bibi have something new in common. Rohingya refugees who fled to...
Asylum Access Ecuador opens nominations for The Good Neighbor project! (español abajo) The Good...
Geneva – On October 11, Asylum Access Latin America represented Latin American and Caribbean...
Refugees can rebuild their lives and contribute to the economy if given the right...
For Syrian refugees, the route to self-sufficiency begins with the right to lawful work,...
On August 24, 2017, two members of the Asylum Access Latin America (AALA) team...
“No walls here”. This phrase rings loudly across Mexico as a bold reminder that...
Today, the Trump Administration issued an executive order to halt the U.S. program and indefinitely...
In the photo that leads off Nicholas Kristof’s June 25 New York Times article, the blue lattice...
Name: Adilah Nasir Age: 28 Hometown: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Schools Attended and Degrees Conferred:...
A single mother of three children, Viviane fled Burundi one night after being raped...
When Thivya’s mother returned from the hospital to find out her three young daughters...
Bangkok, Thailand is home to an increasing number of urban refugees, currently estimated at...
Read the official press release here. Since opening our doors in Thailand and Tanzania,...
Asserting the rights of people in need of international protection in Latin America and...
Statement by Jessica Therkelsen, Global Policy Director. The EU – Turkey agreement to “swap”...
When Aviv and his family were forced to flee their home in Pakistan due...
Families crowded on tiny boats, mothers pushing children through chain fences, border police rebuking...
This summer, AALA Director Karina Sarmiento attended Stanford University’s Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program...
Since 2009, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize documented a 435% increase in...
Name: Annabelle Craft Age: 29 Hometown: Brisbane, Australia What made you decide you wanted...
A huge thank you to all those that attended our 10th Anniversary Dinners in...
Asylum Access has joined Urban Refugees, Center for Refugee Solidarity, U.S. Committee for Refugees...
As Asylum Access celebrates 10 years of making refugee rights a reality, we’re also...
URGENT: Affirm the Importance of Resettlement & Support for Syrian refugees! Background With the...
In our last newsletter, we shared Global Legal Services Director Amalia Greenberg Delgado’s reflections...
“Being a refugee is […] a challenge to rise up, to rebuild my life...
As a child growing up in rural Colombia, Maribel dreamt of becoming a nurse...
Asylum Access Ecuador (AAE) began organizing its Encuentros de Mujeres (Women’s Empowerment Groups) in...
Name: Eve Blachier Age: 26 Hometown: Rochefort, France Office: Asylum Access Tanzania What made you...
Join Asylum Access on September 29th in San Francisco or on October 6th in...
We launched our new website, an improved platform for refugee rights activists worldwide to...
Name: Sarah Lundy Age: 25 Hometown: Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Schools Attended and Degrees...
2015 marks a pivotal year in Asylum Access’s growth in Latin America, beginning with...
Sarah Farnsworth was one of AAE’s first VLAs and is now an immigration lawyer...
We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary year by hosting two intimate dinners in San Francisco...
Leading up to our ten-year anniversary, Global Legal Services Director Amalia Greenberg Delgado reflects...
The international community has long praised the Ecuadorian government for its willingness to provide...
Office: Tanzania Age: 25 Hometown: Letterkenny, Ireland What type of law did you practice before volunteering with...
The report is the first study of cross-comparison of its kind, shedding light upon...
Asylum Access’s expansion plans were born from the idea that by developing a critical...
Asylum Access Ecuador won a landmark victory when Ecuador’s Constitutional Court struck down key...
ED Emily Arnold-Fernandez joined Devin Thorpe, of Your Mark On The World, to discuss...
Name: Andrew Damron Office: Asylum Access Thailand Age: 28 Hometown: New York City, United...
What would you do if you landed in a foreign country without a penny...
Professor James Hathaway who will be joining the Asylum Access team as Senior Advisor,...
Name: Oltesh Abraham Office: Asylum Access Tanzania Age: 28 Hometown: Arusha, Tanzania What type...
**NOTE** – The executive summary of the report, “Cartagena Initiative +30: International Protection and Effective Integration:...
Imagine raising two children on less than $1 per day. This was one of...
While Thailand’s most famous refugees are the 140,000 Myanmar refugees living in camps, a...
ED Emily Arnold-Fernandez was awarded the 2013 Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize....
Notes from a visit to our offices in border towns and cities across Ecuador....
After over three years of silence, the Tanzanian government began reviewing applications for refugee...
Name: Juan Gonzalez Office: Asylum Access Thailand Age: 37 Hometown: Colombia and USA How did...
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration next year, Asylum Access Ecuador...
We are excited to announce that Executive Director Emily Arnold-Fernandez was awarded the Grinnell...
A Thematic Hearing before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) Thursday, October 31st, 3:15pm –...
An interview with our new Global Legal Services Associate Director. This July, Asylum Access...
Asylum Access’s 8th Annual Summer Soiree and Auction featured U.S. Olympian Meb Keflezighi on...
An update from the UN Annual Consultations with NGOs This June, Asylum Access went...
Name: Abdelqader Bakir Office: Ecuador Age: 22 Hometown: Ramallah, Palestine What made you volunteer as a VLA? I...
Those are the figures associated with Thailand’s Myanmar refugee population living along the Thai-Myanmar...
The phenomenon of mixed migration is becoming increasingly important for countries along the migration...
Asylum Access Ecuador and the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) presented our...
For every refugee, the refugee status determination (RSD) process is a necessary hurdle for...
Published June 2013. Name: Felista John Office: Tanzania Age: 28 Hometown: Kilimanjaro, Tanzania How...
A Letter from Asylum Access Ecuador With Decree 1182 unveiled in mid-2013, our work...
“At night I can hear my heart breaking.” This comment came from a single...
An Eritrean refugee who moved to the United States with his family at age...
Munny, a Cambodian in his late 40s, was a member of an opposition political...
With accelerating growth in South-South migration, Ecuador has become a popular regional destination for...
Five years after opening its doors, Asylum Access Thailand has provided individualized legal counsel...
Published February 2013 Name: Charlie Holt Office: Ecuador Age: 25 Hometown: Bath, England What...
Asylum Access’s story was published in a chapter co-written by founder and Executive Director...
Published November 2012 Name: Louise Collewet Office: Thailand Age: 25 Hometown: Bergues, France What...
An interview with Karina Sarmiento, Asylum Access Ecuador Country Director You’ve led the office...
This October, Asylum Access Tanzania co-hosted the International Detention Coalition’s Africa Regional Workshop at...
Asylum Access Tanzania organized our first mobile legal clinic in Dar es Salaam, bringing...
Name: Milena Castellnou Office: Ecuador Age: 25 Hometown: Grenoble, France What made you volunteer...
Hosting a Refugee Rights Leadership Training in Geneva As part of a growing global...
In early 2012, Ecuador’s Department of Refugees (DR) organized mobile offices to facilitate the...
When refugees approach Asylum Access Tanzania (AATZ), they might meet Nondo Nobel Bwami, AATZ...