Meet Asylum Access’s New Development Manager, Ally Basak Russell! Ally joined the AAHQ development team in August 2010 as its first Development Manager. She holds a B.A. in government from Dartmouth College and a J.D. with high honors from the University of Iowa College of Law. She is a member of the IL Bar and […]
On Thursday, November 18, 2010 Asylum Access and the Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute will present “Spiraling into Desperation: The Connection Between Refugee Rights and Human Trafficking.” The event will take place from 12 to 5pm at the Georgetown Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC. This groundbreaking symposium will bring together scholars, […]
Published Autumn 2010 Asylum Access received a $100,000 grant from Google Corporate Giving Council through the Tides Foundation to create the Asylum Access Refugee Rights Toolkit, a replicable, sustainable model of refugee rights advocacy that can be implemented by activists in first countries of refuge worldwide. The toolkit will serve as a blueprint for other […]
Our office in Thailand looks like a private townhouse, an attached brick-and-plaster building with a gated driveway. A small sign on the gate reads “Asylum Access Thailand”. “We had to put the sign up because refugees were afraid to go to a house with no sign. They were afraid it was a trap.” Arrests by […]
Honorable Mentions Asylum Access leadership staff attended a convening on LGBTI refugee issues in Washington, DC with other human rights NGOs, UNHCR representatives and funders. Asylum Access Thailand Country Director Medhapan Sundaradeja had her profile published in a magazine in recognition of the fact that she is the first Thai Country Director of Asylum Access […]
“I remember one man in particular, who was living homeless with his two year old son. I told him the bad news: “You are not going to get any assistance and there is nothing more I can do.” He looked straight at me and said, ‘Thank you, Rania. I know you probably feel right now […]
The well-publicized image of life in tents on dusty camps is not the only setting of the refugee story. Today, almost half of the world’s 10.5 million refugees reside in urban areas, with only one-third in camps (UNHCR, 2009). The assumption that urban refugees have a greater ability to pursue a living, and thus need […]
Ecuador Figures: Provided individualized, personalized legal assistance to 208 asylum seekers and refugees in our Quito office and 18 cases through local protection networks. Highlights: AAE filed an extraordinary protective action for a client whose constitutional rights were violated during a hearing process. With this action, AAE hopes to set a precedent and guarantee reparations […]
Fulbright Scholar and current VLA at Asylum Access Ecuador in Quito, Anne Davis is originally from San Diego, California. Anne received her Bachelors in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Michigan in 2008. She started her service in September and will be working in Ecuador until May. Name: Anne Davis Age: 25 Hometown: […]
Last November, I had the opportunity to partake in a historical session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights – its 42nd Special Session, and the first ever held in Ecuador. After a serendipitous meeting with a human rights attorney in a yoga class in Quito, I was invited to serve as attaché to Justice […]