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…
Region: Asia
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…
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…
Amelia – A Refugee’s Testimony
This is not about money or means. I am an educated woman and I am looking for freedom. I don’t want to live in slavery. So I can live peacefully…
Ali’s Story
Ali, raised in a Pakistani Muslim family, secretly converted to Christianity. “My family and I would go to Church for Sunday mass in secret,” he says. Soon, however, Ali’s beliefs…
Rizha’s Story
Rizha, his wife and 2 young children lived peacefully in Pakistan. As an Ahmadi who did much volunteer work for his community as a youth leader, Rizha was forced to…