“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…
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Still on the Run: Refugees in Bangkok
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…
Quarterly Highlights
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…
Day in the Life of a VLA- Anne Davis
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…
Perspectives from an Inter-American Court Session
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…
Thailand’s Detention Disease
At Asylum Access Thailand we confront a constant that is impossible to ignore: all of our clients are continually at risk of arrest and detention, twenty-four hours a day, seven…
Reflections from DC
A letter drafted following a trip to Washington DC, with considerations from San Francisco. Dear Friends, April was an exciting month for Asylum Access: Our team led workshops for colleagues…
A Day in the Life of a VLA- Mandy Murphy
The following interview is the first in an ongoing series designed to give supporters and prospective VLAs a better sense of the daily challenges and triumphs of our work. Please share…
An Interview with Emily E. Arnold-Fernández
Asylum Access founder and executive director Emily Arnold-Fernández, a social entrepreneur and pioneering international refugee rights activist, was interviewed recently for a book to be produced in conjunction with Unsung…