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Day in the life of a VLA: Sherrinder Kaur
Name: Sherrinder Kaur Age: 22 Hometown: Penang, Malaysia Schools Attended and Degrees Conferred: Bachelor of Laws, Queen’s University Belfast. Currently pursuing the Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP), Brickfields Asia College.…
A call for shared responsibility and solidarity with Venezuelan people on the move
Asylum Access signed this joint NGO statement, alongside the Regional Working Group for the Brazil Plan of Action and other civil society actors, at the Regional Consultation for the Global…
Asylum Access Malaysia submits shadow report to CEDAW regarding the rights of refugee women in Malaysia
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…
Regional Working Group Launches a New Report to Evaluate the First Three Years of the Brazil Plan of Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2018 (en español abajo) Brasilia: In December of 2014, in the wake of the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration, 28 countries in the Latin…
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…
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…