Asylum Access

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Asylum Access makes refugee rights a reality in the global south by providing on-the-ground legal counsel and representation for refugees in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and by advocating for refugee rights worldwide.

Asylum Access is the only U.S. nonprofit that gives refugees the tools to assert their legal rights where they need it most: in their first countries of refuge. Asylum Access was founded to make legal advocacy available to the thousands of refugees who would otherwise face detention, deportation, torture or death -- and to help these refugees to assert their rights to work, send their children to school, and begin rebuilding their lives, free from fear.

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legal aid

News Archive

Gripped by high-stakes of asylum cases.(Cover story) The Christian Science Monitor; 9/6/2009 ...navigate it, motivated Arnold-Fernandez to start Asylum Access. Her nonprofit, which won her an Echoing Green fellowship...it's also a slog that "was most stressful when the Asylum Access office was in my house. One summer, I had seven interns... ...more

Child welfare groups and abuse victims welcome Ryan report plan The Irish Times; 7/29/2009 ...including those for young people with disabilities Ending the use of hostels to accommodate separated children seeking asylum Access to aftercare for young people leaving the care system until the age of 21 Ensure all children in care have an allocated... ...more

Never forget the suffering little children; CHURCH ABUSE SURVIVORS CALL FOR MUSEUM.(News) The Mirror (London, England); 7/29/2009 ...inspections of all residential facilities for children,including those with disabilities andseparated children seeking asylum ACCESS to after-care for young people leaving the care system until the age of 21 IMPROVED access to counselling for survivors... ...more