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…
Topic: Right to Work
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…
UNGA side event: Asylum Access convenes dignitaries, business leaders, and experts for event on refugees’ work rights
Refugees can rebuild their lives and contribute to the economy if given the right to work - this was the central message delivered by business leaders and relief experts to…
Syrian refugees need access to work rights and economic opportunity, new Asylum Access report says
For Syrian refugees, the route to self-sufficiency begins with the right to lawful work, says a new report launched today by Asylum Access. For the nations that host them in…
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,…
The Global Refugee Work Rights Report
The report is the first study of cross-comparison of its kind, shedding light upon the laws, policies and practices impeding work rights in 15 different countries. Warranting concern, nearly half…
John’s Story
John came to the Asylum Access office in Dar Es Salaam with a unique request. He wanted us to keep his savings. After escaping from a brutal civil war in…
Starting from scratch: how Isaac became a businessman
Before he obtained his peasant permit, Isaac had nothing to prove he had legal status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Afraid to travel around the city for fear of arrest…
Global Refugee Work Rights Report 2014
Prepared by Asylum Access and the Refugee Work Rights Coalition, this report examines the laws, policies and practices pertaining to refugee work rights in 15 countries around the globe, affecting…