Asylum Access Malaysia presented an independent report yesterday, February 20, in Geneva to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The report focused on the…
Topic: Refugee Rights Movement
Statement by Asylum Access on the Zero Draft of the Global Compact on Refugees
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,…
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 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…
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…
Refugee Work Rights Report: the Syrian crisis and refugee access to lawful work in Greece, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
Release date: September 20, 2017 In today’s world refugees remain in exile for ever increasing lengths of time as conflicts endure. Indeed, the average duration of a protracted refugee situation…
No Walls Here
“No walls here”. This phrase rings loudly across Mexico as a bold reminder that the country is revolutionizing the way refugees are received, creating synergies among institutions, civil society, businesses,…
Trump signs U.S. ban on refugee resettlement
Today, the Trump Administration issued an executive order to halt the U.S. program and indefinitely bar the resettlement of refugees from Syria. As an organization that partners with refugees all over…