Region: Mexico
Global Compact: Recommendations for protecting the rights of migrants
This joint document between Asylum Access and other civil society organizations offers guiding principles and concrete proposals to UN Member States negotiating the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular…
Brazil Plan of Action: Evaluation 2014-2017 Mexico (Spanish)
The Working Group for the Brazil Plan of Action in Mexico, unites national civil society organizations, including Asylum Access Mexico, to monitor the implementation of the plan of action at…
Brazil Plan of Action: Evaluation 2014-2017 (Spanish)
The Brazil Plan of Action, adopted by 28 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014, defined specific actions to strengthen protections and sustainable solutions for refugees, forcibly displaced…
Tabasco District Court’s decision sets new precedent for refugee protection in Mexico.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2018 (en español abajo) Mexico City - A district court in Villahermosa, Tabasco, has ordered the release of a family of Honduran asylum seekers from…
Pablo’s story: Destination barbershop
Industrious from the start, Pablo began styling hair at the age of 14 and opened his own barbershop in Honduras when he was 22. His customers confided in him, and…
Regional Working Group for the Brazil Plan of Action
Asserting the rights of people in need of international protection in Latin America and the Caribbean. Asylum Access Latin America and 30+ other civil society organizations in Latin America and…
Escaping the Northern Triangle: Pedro’s Story
Since 2009, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize documented a 435% increase in the number of asylum applications lodged by individuals from Central America's Northern Triangle: El Salvador, Honduras…
Responding to the critical gap in rights-based refugee assistance in Latin America
2015 marks a pivotal year in Asylum Access’s growth in Latin America, beginning with the creation of Asylum Access Latin America (AALA) and followed by the opening of Asylum Access…
Legal assistance for Central American detainees along the US border
Sarah Farnsworth was one of AAE's first VLAs and is now an immigration lawyer in California. In this article, she shares her experience as a volunteer with the AILA Pro…