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…
Topic: Legal Aid
A quest for education: Asad’s story
Asad graduated from high school at the top of his class. With a thirst for knowledge and a gift for languages, including English, he dreamed of pursuing a university education.…
Confined Spaces: Legal Protections for Rohingya in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand
Starting on page 88 of this report by Equal Rights Trust, the Asylum Access Malaysia team provides insight on the Rohingya in Malaysia, including the legal protections in the form…
A different kind of persecution: Aviv’s story.
“We had a very good life in Pakistan, our own house and everything,” begins Aviv. “Then suddenly, everything went wrong and we lost it all.” When Aviv and his family were…
“They all told me that I needed to change, that something was wrong with me.”
Mike and his partner, Tom, come from a country where homosexuality is punishable by law and sexual minorities are stigmatized by society. “In our country we had to keep our…
Isabel’s Story
After reporting the murders of her two brothers in Colombia, Isabel began receiving targeted death threats and was forced to flee her country. The single mother of three, she traveled…
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…
Honorable Mentions and Quarterly Highlights
ED Emily Arnold-Fernandez was awarded the 2013 Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize. The award recognizes the work of the entire Asylum Access family, past and present. Asylum Access…
A Journey to the Frontlines of Refugee Rights Assistance
Notes from a visit to our offices in border towns and cities across Ecuador. One year after Asylum Access Ecuador opened five new offices around the country, I visited to…