This press release is also available in English Nueva York, 19 de agosto de 2020 – En todo el mundo, las organizaciones lideradas por refugiados están adoptando medidas cruciales para evitar las repercusiones catastróficas que la COVID-19 tiene en los refugiados y en las comunidades de acogida. A pesar de realizar esta labor esencial, las […]
Este comunicado de prensa también está disponible en español New York, August 19, 2020 – Around the world, refugee-led organizations are taking critical action to prevent the catastrophic impacts of COVID-19 for refugees and host communities. Despite doing this vital work, refugee-led organizations are desperately underfunded and face bureaucratic hurdles and other impediments to gain […]
Asylum Access México joined a regional coalition of 41 organizations from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States today to call for a multi-country thematic hearing to address the wide-ranging impacts of U.S. migration policy in recent years on migrants, refugees, and unaccompanied children throughout the region, bringing particular attention to the policies […]
The Trump Administration proposed a new regulation that would virtually eliminate asylum in the United States. Asylum Access submitted a comment opposing this regulation in its entirety. Among other anti-refugee provisions, the regulation would add bars to asylum based on time people seeking asylum spent in a third country on the way to the United […]
In southern Mexico, migrants who seek asylum face a lack of infrastructure, scarce job opportunities, worse pay and increased xenophobia, compared to states further north. Since migrants are only given 30 days to apply for asylum from when they enter the country, not everyone can make the difficult, lengthy journey to the northern border and […]
Over the past few weeks, COVID-19 cases have surged around Latin America, particularly in Mexico. Recently, Mexico’s immigration agency, INM, released almost all migrants from detention, but left them without shelter and regular access to food and medical attention. In Mexico City, Asylum Access Mexico’s strategic litigation department is demanding protection for recently released migrants […]
The Asylum Access team has been horrified and outraged by the murder of George Floyd. We acknowledge that his senseless killing happened within the context of the underlying problem: The United States has created and upheld systemic racism through segregation, redlining, gerrymandering, voter suppression, racial quotas, mass incarceration, police brutality and beyond. We see, hear […]
A year ago, lawyers from Asylum Access Mexico met a woman at a shelter near the El Ceibo border crossing between Chiapas and Guatemala. She was 50 years old, well-educated and the mother of a teenage son. Back in Guatemala, she held a high position at an accounting firm and her son attended high school. […]
Español abajo. As stay-at-home orders become longer, people around the world are adjusting to working from home, maintaining a safe social distance, and wearing masks in crowded areas. In recent weeks, COVID-19 has reached Latin America and everyone is still acclimating to these new measures. For some communities, including migrants and asylum seekers, adjusting to […]
Elvis lived in El Salvador for most of his adult life, until he was 48 years old. He faced repeated extortion and threats from MS-13. It wasn’t until gang members tried to take his life in a brutal knife attack that Elvis decided he would flee to Mexico for safety. He spent over a week […]