The DCA group provides me with great knowledge and training to become a human rights advocate for my community. Pari, DCA Group Member The Policy Advocacy team of Asylum Access Thailand interviewed Pari, a 17-year old Pakistani refugee who now lives in Bangkok, Thailand. In this new policy advocacy blog, she shared her journey to […]
In the midst-year of 2021, the COVID-19 situation in Thailand was at its peak and heavily impacted people’s everyday lives. Rashi, her daughters, and their community members were bound to stay at home with the limited choices of relaxing activities, and their mental well-being was filled with fear, loneliness, and anxiety. The video will show […]
Hello Friend, My name is Maya*, and I want to share with you about how the program that I coordinate helps refugee communities advocate for their rights. The refugee communities in Thailand come from all over the world and speak many different languages. My program trains bilingual members of our communities to become interpreters and […]
Due to the COVID-19 disruption in Thailand, many refugees have limited access to valid information regarding measurement and appropriate protection from the virus. Asylum Access Thailand urged to distribute necessary information for the refugees to ensure their wellbeing during the COVID-19 outbreak. Asylum Access Thailand compiled a wide range of information from researches, academic reports, […]
How do you advance refugee rights in a country that does not yet recognize refugees? Naiyana Thanawattho, Executive Director of Asylum Access Thailand, Emily Arnold-Fernández, President and CEO of Asylum Access, and Waritsara Rungthong of the Peace Way Foundation have provided key insight into this conundrum in an article featured in the latest issue of […]
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 the owner of the story from the Journey into the Unknown. An 18-year-old girl who bravely fled from Sri Lanka to Thailand has given us her meaningful messages in this interview. “ขอแค่มีความหวังและความกล้า…ทุกปัญหาย่อมมีทางออกเสมอ” วลีจาก J เจ้าของเรื่องราวจากวีดีโอ Journey into the Unknown หญิงสาววัย 18 […]
In light of global migration, Bangkok has hosted thousands of refugees who have various skills. Let get to know more about what kind of skills refugees have that will benefit our country through this insight and comprehensive report on refugees’ skills. เนื่องจากการอพยพโยกย้ายถิ่นที่เกิดขึ้นทั่วโลกนั้น กรุงเทพเป็นสถานที่หนึ่งที่รองรับผู้ลี้ภัยในเมืองหลายพันคนผู้ซึ่งมีทักษะหลากหลาย มาทำความรู้จักกับทักษะที่ผู้ลี้ภัยมีและที่เป็นประโยชน์ต่อเศรษฐกิจบ้านเราผ่านรายงานข้อมูลเชิงลึกฉบับนี้กัน
Asylum Access Thailand has submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) with regard to the Government of Thailand’s compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in collaboration with Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network(APRRN), The Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and […]
I had only one day to pack up and leave my country. Lina, Paralegal Volunteer We interviewed Lina, a Bangkok urban refugee, volunteering as a paralegal for being “a bridge to connect refugees with lawyers.”She shared her real life as an urban refugee in Bangkok and her perspective as a paralegal. Interviewed and written by […]