Asylum Access reached a critical milestone in our short history. In 2011 alone, we reached over 5,000 refugees with direct legal services in Ecuador, Tanzania and Thailand for the first…
Topic: Refugee Rights Movement
Refugee Legal Aid in Ecuador
A Photo Essay by Nitsan Tal Above, Maria shows us a certificate from a journalism course. She is a second-generation refugee who left Colombia with her family when she was…
Asylum Access Thailand: Then and Now
Published May 2012 An interview with former Associate Launch Director Vivienne Chew. Five years after she left Asylum Access Thailand (AAT), Associate Launch Director Vivienne Chew visited our office in…
Honorable Mentions and Quarterly Highlights
Executive Director Emily Arnold-Fernandez spoke at the International Human Rights Funders Group Conference 2012 on mainstreaming refugees into human rights discourse. Our Right to Work blog has been receiving record…
Forging a New Path for Urban Refugees
“I went to a local church to ask for help. They assisted me with a place to stay and gave me some money for food. However, it did not take…
Honorable Mentions and Quarterly Highlights
Asylum Access participated in Opportunity Collaboration in Ixtapa, Mexico, asking activists and investors dedicated to ending poverty to ensure their programs do not exclude refugees. Asylum Access Executive Director was…
Urban Refugees in Tanzania
The following article is based on Asylum Access’s forthcoming report, “No Place Called Home”. **UPDATE** A PDF file of the report is now available online. Print copies are also available upon…
Interpreters: Partners for Refugee Rights
"All things are subject to interpretation; whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth." - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher Nietzsche could well have been…
Honorable Mentions
Asylum Access leadership staff from Ecuador, Thailand, Tanzania and San Francisco gathered in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs. Asylum Access Executive Director Emily Arnold-Fernández was…
Notes from Geneva
Dear Friends, 2011 has been a year of exciting growth and change in Asylum Access. All four of our offices are settled into great offices spaces, and our permanent leadership…