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,…
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Asylum Access launches refugeeworkrights.org
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…
Asylum Access convenes High-Level Roundtable to advance refugee rights protections in Latin America
“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…
Video: Restoring Human Rights for Refugees
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…
Asylum Access stands in solidarity with refugees and migrants in light of President Trump’s racist remarks
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…
Rohingya women voice their rights through theater
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…
Nominations open for The Good Neighbor 2017
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…
Asylum Access represents Latin American civil society organizations in call for migrant rights at UN Session on the Global Compact on Migration
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…
UNGA side event: Asylum Access convenes dignitaries, business leaders, and experts for event on refugees’ work rights
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…
Syrian refugees need access to work rights and economic opportunity, new Asylum Access report says
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…