Civil society groups, including Asylum Access, are helping the Latin American region set an important example at a time when the world’s nations are negotiating two UN Global Compacts this year — one on Refugees and one on Migration. The recent Regional Consultation in Brasilia set two historic precedents: an official role for civil society organizations […]

I met Heba (not her real name) and a few other Syrian refugee women in Mafraq, Jordan, in January 2015. They were supposed to be in the Zaatari refugee camp six miles to the east, but had escaped. “We thought it would at least have roads!” Heba said about Zaatari. But upon arrival she found […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2018 (en español abajo) Brasilia: In December of 2014, in the wake of the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration, 28 countries in the Latin American region renewed their commitment to improving the international protection systems through the Brazil Plan of Action: a 10-year plan that defines specific actions to […]

January 12, 2018   President Trump’s vulgar and racist remarks about Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries during discussions with lawmakers yesterday are reflection of a White House bent on dehumanizing the migrant and refugee population. Such comments underscore a series of deeply troubling policy actions by the Trump administration in recent months to undermine […]