After over three years of silence, the Tanzanian government began reviewing applications for refugee legal status again this May, a process that determines whether refugees would be granted the right…
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Day in the Life of a VLA: Juan Gonzalez
Name: Juan Gonzalez Office: Asylum Access Thailand Age: 37 Hometown: Colombia and USA How did you hear about Asylum Access? I was in China before I came here, until plans to…
Regional Advocacy: Cartagena +30 Civil Society Initiative
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration next year, Asylum Access Ecuador (AAE) is one of three organizations leading the Cartagena +30 Civil Society Initiative, a research project…
Asylum Access Awarded the 2013 Grinnell Prize
We are excited to announce that Executive Director Emily Arnold-Fernandez was awarded the Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize this year, an annual prize that honors individuals under…
Advocating for Refugees before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights
A Thematic Hearing before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) Thursday, October 31st, 3:15pm - 4:15pm EST Asylum Access sought a review of refugee status determination (RSD) processes to ensure access…
Welcoming Amalia Greenberg Delgado
An interview with our new Global Legal Services Associate Director. This July, Asylum Access welcomed Amalia Greenberg Delgado to our global leadership team in San Francisco. A long-time refugee rights…
Honorable Mentions and Quarterly Highlights
Asylum Access’s 8th Annual Summer Soiree and Auction featured U.S. Olympian Meb Keflezighi on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at The City Club of San Francisco. Thank you to all our…
Strategic Litigation for Refugee Rights Empowerment
An update from the UN Annual Consultations with NGOs This June, Asylum Access went to Geneva for the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs with a big goal: to foster dialogue…
Day in the life of a VLA: Abdo Bakir
Name: Abdelqader Bakir Office: Ecuador Age: 22 Hometown: Ramallah, Palestine What made you volunteer as a VLA? I am from Palestine, and I understand and have seen the reality of being a refugee through…
160,000 refugees. Nine camps. 28 years.
Those are the figures associated with Thailand’s Myanmar refugee population living along the Thai-Myanmar border. Myanmar refugees account for the majority of Thailand’s total registered refugee population, with a smaller…