FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2018 (en español abajo) Mexico City – A district court in Villahermosa, Tabasco, has ordered the release of a family of Honduran asylum seekers from a detention center after Asylum Access Mexico (AAMX) presented a petition of protection in a local court in Tenosique on their behalf. The decision granted […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2018 Media contact: Brian Rawson, Asylum Access, Mobile: 617 283 8709 Oakland, CA – Responding to the Zero Draft of the Global Compact on Refugees, released yesterday by UNHCR, Asylum Access Executive Director Emily Arnold-Fernandez states: “With forced displacement at a historic high, we need a Global Compact on Refugees […]
Asylum Access is pleased to announce www.refugeeworkrights.org, an interactive website that evaluates refugees’ access to safe and lawful employment in countries around the world. Based on research conducted by Asylum Access, the website provides evidence-based scoring of nearly 30 countries. As a resource for policymakers, academics and advocates alike, the website aims to contribute to […]
“Migrants and refugees are not only subjects of humanitarian aid, but generators of prosperity for the countries that receive them”, Sergio Vallejos, Director of Noox commented during his reflection at the High-Level Roundtable discussions held in San José, Costa Rica on November 30 and December 1, 2018. The event was organized by Asylum Access to […]
Up until now, global response to the world’s 22.5 million refugees has centered around humanitarian aid. At Asylum Access, we know that when refugees have autonomy and can enjoy their human rights, they can unleash tremendous human potential to rebuild their own lives and contribute to their host economy. That’s why we challenge barriers that […]
Sisters Hasina and Bibi have something new in common. Rohingya refugees who fled to Malaysia as children, Hasina and Bibi were both married off as child brides, both unable to attend school, and both became young mothers. Now at ages 21 and 23 the pair of sisters share a new title: trained actors. Through a […]
Asylum Access Ecuador opens nominations for The Good Neighbor project! (español abajo) The Good Neighbor project seeks to recognize the best practices of a community, a neighborhood, or an individual in supporting the integration of refugees in local communities. The Good Neighbor 2017 will take place in Quito, Ecuador, where individuals can nominate their “Good […]
Geneva – On October 11, Asylum Access Latin America represented Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) civil society in a formal statement to the UN body convening the Global Compact on Migration (GCM) in Geneva, Switzerland. On behalf of organizations in the LAC region, Lizeth Lema, Regional Advocacy Coordinator for Asylum Access, called for the Compact […]
Refugees can rebuild their lives and contribute to the economy if given the right to work – this was the central message delivered by business leaders and relief experts to a packed house of dignitaries and civil society leaders at the event “Refugees at Work From the Middle East to Latin America” on September 20 […]
For Syrian refugees, the route to self-sufficiency begins with the right to lawful work, says a new report launched today by Asylum Access. For the nations that host them in massive numbers — such as Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon — the challenge of the moment is to open such legal avenues. Achieving this, according to […]