Asylos
@asylos.bsky.social
Research for asylum ⁞ we investigate human rights abuses to help asylum lawyers and NGOs defend refugees #proofnotprejudice
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Help us defend asylum - https://asylos.org/
🎓 LAST SEATS! Register now for free #COI research training webinars with us & @refugeeaction.bsky.social this December.
📌1 Dec - Fundamentals of COI
📌3 Dec - Disability-Specific COI
📌10 Dec - Child-Specific COI
For legal reps, OISC caseworkers & COI researchers ➡️ 👉 asylos.org/december-202...
📌1 Dec - Fundamentals of COI
📌3 Dec - Disability-Specific COI
📌10 Dec - Child-Specific COI
For legal reps, OISC caseworkers & COI researchers ➡️ 👉 asylos.org/december-202...
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🎓 LAST SEATS! Register now for free #COI research training webinars with us & @refugeeaction.bsky.social this December.
📌1 Dec - Fundamentals of COI
📌3 Dec - Disability-Specific COI
📌10 Dec - Child-Specific COI
For legal reps, OISC caseworkers & COI researchers ➡️ 👉 asylos.org/december-202...
📌1 Dec - Fundamentals of COI
📌3 Dec - Disability-Specific COI
📌10 Dec - Child-Specific COI
For legal reps, OISC caseworkers & COI researchers ➡️ 👉 asylos.org/december-202...
Who knows the asylum system best?
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Who knows the asylum system best?
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
People who've been through it.
Who shapes policy?
Often everyone BUT them.
Change this.
📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters
📢 New Asylos #ChinaCOI report on loan shark operations with interest rates up to 6,000%, corruption & gaps in #trafficking survivor support, specially women.
Essential for legal practitioners working with Chinese #asylumseekers.
Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s...
Essential for legal practitioners working with Chinese #asylumseekers.
Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s...
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 New Asylos #ChinaCOI report on loan shark operations with interest rates up to 6,000%, corruption & gaps in #trafficking survivor support, specially women.
Essential for legal practitioners working with Chinese #asylumseekers.
Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s...
Essential for legal practitioners working with Chinese #asylumseekers.
Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s...
Our #COI analysis challenges UK HomeOffice's assumptions on #Afghanistan (Fear of #Taliban V4.0/V5.0).
❌ Country information doesn't support that there're no risks to former government officials
📊 Reporting gaps matter
Download: asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
❌ Country information doesn't support that there're no risks to former government officials
📊 Reporting gaps matter
Download: asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Our #COI analysis challenges UK HomeOffice's assumptions on #Afghanistan (Fear of #Taliban V4.0/V5.0).
❌ Country information doesn't support that there're no risks to former government officials
📊 Reporting gaps matter
Download: asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
❌ Country information doesn't support that there're no risks to former government officials
📊 Reporting gaps matter
Download: asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
Last week Fatima Ali, our Programme Manager leading on our Thematic Research, had the privilege of attending an incredible conference in Berlin hosted by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and Statefree e.V.: "#Statelessness & Innovation: Building Power Through Collective Action".
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Last week Fatima Ali, our Programme Manager leading on our Thematic Research, had the privilege of attending an incredible conference in Berlin hosted by the European Network on Statelessness (ENS) and Statefree e.V.: "#Statelessness & Innovation: Building Power Through Collective Action".
Who should shape asylum policy?
The people affected by it.
Sounds obvious. Rarely happens.
Asylos & HTRN's #CallToAction outlines practical steps for genuine inclusion of #LivedExperience in research & policy.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #Migration
The people affected by it.
Sounds obvious. Rarely happens.
Asylos & HTRN's #CallToAction outlines practical steps for genuine inclusion of #LivedExperience in research & policy.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #Migration
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Who should shape asylum policy?
The people affected by it.
Sounds obvious. Rarely happens.
Asylos & HTRN's #CallToAction outlines practical steps for genuine inclusion of #LivedExperience in research & policy.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #Migration
The people affected by it.
Sounds obvious. Rarely happens.
Asylos & HTRN's #CallToAction outlines practical steps for genuine inclusion of #LivedExperience in research & policy.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #Migration
🚨NEW Asylos commentary on UK Home Office's #Afghanistan guidance (Fear of #Taliban V4.0/V5.0).
- #COI doesn't support "no general risk" for former gov't officials.
- We examine reporting limitations & recent sources.
Download ➡️ asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
- #COI doesn't support "no general risk" for former gov't officials.
- We examine reporting limitations & recent sources.
Download ➡️ asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🚨NEW Asylos commentary on UK Home Office's #Afghanistan guidance (Fear of #Taliban V4.0/V5.0).
- #COI doesn't support "no general risk" for former gov't officials.
- We examine reporting limitations & recent sources.
Download ➡️ asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
- #COI doesn't support "no general risk" for former gov't officials.
- We examine reporting limitations & recent sources.
Download ➡️ asylos.org/afghanistan-...
#AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
Lived experience IS expertise.
But it's consistently excluded from asylum, trafficking & migration research.
Asylos & HTRN's new Call to Action provides concrete steps to change this.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #HumanRights #Asylum
But it's consistently excluded from asylum, trafficking & migration research.
Asylos & HTRN's new Call to Action provides concrete steps to change this.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #HumanRights #Asylum
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Lived experience IS expertise.
But it's consistently excluded from asylum, trafficking & migration research.
Asylos & HTRN's new Call to Action provides concrete steps to change this.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #HumanRights #Asylum
But it's consistently excluded from asylum, trafficking & migration research.
Asylos & HTRN's new Call to Action provides concrete steps to change this.
📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti...
#LivedExperienceMatters #HumanRights #Asylum
Have you read our new trustee Yigit Aksakoglu's blog?
“Why I Joined the Board of Asylos”.
This is not only a new responsibility but also a deeply personal commitment for me ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
So great to have you on board! 🎉
“Why I Joined the Board of Asylos”.
This is not only a new responsibility but also a deeply personal commitment for me ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
So great to have you on board! 🎉
October 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Have you read our new trustee Yigit Aksakoglu's blog?
“Why I Joined the Board of Asylos”.
This is not only a new responsibility but also a deeply personal commitment for me ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
So great to have you on board! 🎉
“Why I Joined the Board of Asylos”.
This is not only a new responsibility but also a deeply personal commitment for me ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
So great to have you on board! 🎉
🔎Asylos is seeking asylum #lawyers to #volunteer with our Research Standards Support (RSS) UK Team.
Help strengthen asylum research & fair decision-making:
- Remote ~2–4 hrs/week
- Contact carolina.albuerne@asylos.org
- About us: www.asylos.org
#AsylumLaw
Help strengthen asylum research & fair decision-making:
- Remote ~2–4 hrs/week
- Contact carolina.albuerne@asylos.org
- About us: www.asylos.org
#AsylumLaw
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🔎Asylos is seeking asylum #lawyers to #volunteer with our Research Standards Support (RSS) UK Team.
Help strengthen asylum research & fair decision-making:
- Remote ~2–4 hrs/week
- Contact carolina.albuerne@asylos.org
- About us: www.asylos.org
#AsylumLaw
Help strengthen asylum research & fair decision-making:
- Remote ~2–4 hrs/week
- Contact carolina.albuerne@asylos.org
- About us: www.asylos.org
#AsylumLaw
🌟 Meet our 3 new Board Members!
Welcome Teslim Adeyanju (Treasurer), Tesfalem Habte Yemane & Yiğit Aksakoğlu—bringing financial expertise, migration research & 2 decades of #humanrights work ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
Together, we're committed to ensuring #asylum seekers' stories are heard.
Welcome Teslim Adeyanju (Treasurer), Tesfalem Habte Yemane & Yiğit Aksakoğlu—bringing financial expertise, migration research & 2 decades of #humanrights work ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
Together, we're committed to ensuring #asylum seekers' stories are heard.
October 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🌟 Meet our 3 new Board Members!
Welcome Teslim Adeyanju (Treasurer), Tesfalem Habte Yemane & Yiğit Aksakoğlu—bringing financial expertise, migration research & 2 decades of #humanrights work ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
Together, we're committed to ensuring #asylum seekers' stories are heard.
Welcome Teslim Adeyanju (Treasurer), Tesfalem Habte Yemane & Yiğit Aksakoğlu—bringing financial expertise, migration research & 2 decades of #humanrights work ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th...
Together, we're committed to ensuring #asylum seekers' stories are heard.
📢 We’re pleased to share our new #report examining the #Anglophone crisis in #Cameroon ➡️ asylos.org/cameroon-the...
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based asylum decisions around the world.
#proofnotprejudice
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based asylum decisions around the world.
#proofnotprejudice
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📢 We’re pleased to share our new #report examining the #Anglophone crisis in #Cameroon ➡️ asylos.org/cameroon-the...
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based asylum decisions around the world.
#proofnotprejudice
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based asylum decisions around the world.
#proofnotprejudice
We've joined the #GRFLegalCommunityPledge 2023 to advance access to #rights #justice and lasting solutions for #displaced people globally.
Join a growing movement of lawyers & allies, powered by @pilnet.bsky.social, putting law to work with & for refugees: www.pilnet.org/our-work/for...
Join a growing movement of lawyers & allies, powered by @pilnet.bsky.social, putting law to work with & for refugees: www.pilnet.org/our-work/for...
July 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We've joined the #GRFLegalCommunityPledge 2023 to advance access to #rights #justice and lasting solutions for #displaced people globally.
Join a growing movement of lawyers & allies, powered by @pilnet.bsky.social, putting law to work with & for refugees: www.pilnet.org/our-work/for...
Join a growing movement of lawyers & allies, powered by @pilnet.bsky.social, putting law to work with & for refugees: www.pilnet.org/our-work/for...
📣 We’re pleased to share our new #report covering the situation of the #LGBTQI+ people in #Colombia ➡️ asylos.org/colombia-sit...
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based #asylum decisions around the world.
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based #asylum decisions around the world.
July 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
📣 We’re pleased to share our new #report covering the situation of the #LGBTQI+ people in #Colombia ➡️ asylos.org/colombia-sit...
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based #asylum decisions around the world.
By making our research more widely available, we hope to contribute to more fair and evidence-based #asylum decisions around the world.
Last Friday, Asylos and the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) hosted a workshop on Recognising #LivedExperience as Expertise, at Clifford Chance & online.
The Call to Action will be published in the coming weeks; a useful tool to researchers, funders, practitioners, and policymakers alike.
The Call to Action will be published in the coming weeks; a useful tool to researchers, funders, practitioners, and policymakers alike.
June 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Last Friday, Asylos and the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) hosted a workshop on Recognising #LivedExperience as Expertise, at Clifford Chance & online.
The Call to Action will be published in the coming weeks; a useful tool to researchers, funders, practitioners, and policymakers alike.
The Call to Action will be published in the coming weeks; a useful tool to researchers, funders, practitioners, and policymakers alike.
Today we are kicking off with our #AllAsylos25 conference!
We will spend three days together near Amsterdam, reflecting on the current context, building strategy and working on lived experience at Asylos.
Looking forward to it! 🎉
We will spend three days together near Amsterdam, reflecting on the current context, building strategy and working on lived experience at Asylos.
Looking forward to it! 🎉
May 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Today we are kicking off with our #AllAsylos25 conference!
We will spend three days together near Amsterdam, reflecting on the current context, building strategy and working on lived experience at Asylos.
Looking forward to it! 🎉
We will spend three days together near Amsterdam, reflecting on the current context, building strategy and working on lived experience at Asylos.
Looking forward to it! 🎉
NEW #asylum story: Samuel, a young Eritrean boy who completed a dangerous journey, and his UK-based brother, who fought for their reunification ➡️ asylos.org/from-asmara-...
A powerful reminder of what drives young people to seek asylum, highlighting the importance of #COI when building a case.
A powerful reminder of what drives young people to seek asylum, highlighting the importance of #COI when building a case.
May 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
NEW #asylum story: Samuel, a young Eritrean boy who completed a dangerous journey, and his UK-based brother, who fought for their reunification ➡️ asylos.org/from-asmara-...
A powerful reminder of what drives young people to seek asylum, highlighting the importance of #COI when building a case.
A powerful reminder of what drives young people to seek asylum, highlighting the importance of #COI when building a case.
Recognising #LivedExperience as #Expertise: a #Workshop on Inclusion in Research on Movement and Exploitation.
📅 June 6th, 10am – 4pm BST (online)
+infos & register here ➡️ asylos.org/recognising-...
Co-hosted with the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) & support from Clifford Chance.
📅 June 6th, 10am – 4pm BST (online)
+infos & register here ➡️ asylos.org/recognising-...
Co-hosted with the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) & support from Clifford Chance.
May 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Recognising #LivedExperience as #Expertise: a #Workshop on Inclusion in Research on Movement and Exploitation.
📅 June 6th, 10am – 4pm BST (online)
+infos & register here ➡️ asylos.org/recognising-...
Co-hosted with the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) & support from Clifford Chance.
📅 June 6th, 10am – 4pm BST (online)
+infos & register here ➡️ asylos.org/recognising-...
Co-hosted with the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) & support from Clifford Chance.
NEW report: "#Russia: Treatment of the #LGBTQI+ community by state and non-state actors." Find out more ➡️ asylos.org/russia-treat...
"...sources indicated that state actors in Russia restricted LGBTQI+ rights... changes in law, public hostility, promotion of homophobia through state-owned media..."
"...sources indicated that state actors in Russia restricted LGBTQI+ rights... changes in law, public hostility, promotion of homophobia through state-owned media..."
May 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
NEW report: "#Russia: Treatment of the #LGBTQI+ community by state and non-state actors." Find out more ➡️ asylos.org/russia-treat...
"...sources indicated that state actors in Russia restricted LGBTQI+ rights... changes in law, public hostility, promotion of homophobia through state-owned media..."
"...sources indicated that state actors in Russia restricted LGBTQI+ rights... changes in law, public hostility, promotion of homophobia through state-owned media..."
📢 NEW Asylos #report covering the treatment of the #LGBTQI+ community by state and non-state actors in #Russia ➡️ asylos.org/russia-treat...
Produced in response to a query from an asylum professional, responding to the research questions submitted to us.
Produced in response to a query from an asylum professional, responding to the research questions submitted to us.
April 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📢 NEW Asylos #report covering the treatment of the #LGBTQI+ community by state and non-state actors in #Russia ➡️ asylos.org/russia-treat...
Produced in response to a query from an asylum professional, responding to the research questions submitted to us.
Produced in response to a query from an asylum professional, responding to the research questions submitted to us.
🔊 REGISTER NOW for our #COI #Training webinars!
Kicking off in May: asylos.org/coi-training...
With @refugeeaction.bsky.social, we will be delivering free COI research training webinars on: fundamentals, #Statelessness, #Family & Private Life, #Disability-Specific, #Child-Specific and #Trafficking.
Kicking off in May: asylos.org/coi-training...
With @refugeeaction.bsky.social, we will be delivering free COI research training webinars on: fundamentals, #Statelessness, #Family & Private Life, #Disability-Specific, #Child-Specific and #Trafficking.
April 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🔊 REGISTER NOW for our #COI #Training webinars!
Kicking off in May: asylos.org/coi-training...
With @refugeeaction.bsky.social, we will be delivering free COI research training webinars on: fundamentals, #Statelessness, #Family & Private Life, #Disability-Specific, #Child-Specific and #Trafficking.
Kicking off in May: asylos.org/coi-training...
With @refugeeaction.bsky.social, we will be delivering free COI research training webinars on: fundamentals, #Statelessness, #Family & Private Life, #Disability-Specific, #Child-Specific and #Trafficking.
📢 Asylos has just migrated from asylos.eu to ➡️ asylos.org
We are a global network, now our domain goes global as well 😊
We are a global network, now our domain goes global as well 😊
April 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📢 Asylos has just migrated from asylos.eu to ➡️ asylos.org
We are a global network, now our domain goes global as well 😊
We are a global network, now our domain goes global as well 😊
📡Don't miss this free online event from Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) Network's seminar series "Refuge in a cold #climate: the impact on #women" - ‘#SafeCountries’ & Women’s International Protection.
🗓️Weds 7 May, 14:00-15:15 BST | 13:00-14:15 UTC
+infos: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-vvnxkdq
🗓️Weds 7 May, 14:00-15:15 BST | 13:00-14:15 UTC
+infos: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-vvnxkdq
April 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
📡Don't miss this free online event from Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) Network's seminar series "Refuge in a cold #climate: the impact on #women" - ‘#SafeCountries’ & Women’s International Protection.
🗓️Weds 7 May, 14:00-15:15 BST | 13:00-14:15 UTC
+infos: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-vvnxkdq
🗓️Weds 7 May, 14:00-15:15 BST | 13:00-14:15 UTC
+infos: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wirl/t-vvnxkdq
📡Asylos is looking for 2 new #Trustees for our #Board!
+infos ➡️ asylos.org/asylos-two-n...
Applications open until April 28th.
Looking for people with lived experience.
An exciting opportunity to work with a passionate team from different countries & professional backgrounds!
+infos ➡️ asylos.org/asylos-two-n...
Applications open until April 28th.
Looking for people with lived experience.
An exciting opportunity to work with a passionate team from different countries & professional backgrounds!
April 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📡Asylos is looking for 2 new #Trustees for our #Board!
+infos ➡️ asylos.org/asylos-two-n...
Applications open until April 28th.
Looking for people with lived experience.
An exciting opportunity to work with a passionate team from different countries & professional backgrounds!
+infos ➡️ asylos.org/asylos-two-n...
Applications open until April 28th.
Looking for people with lived experience.
An exciting opportunity to work with a passionate team from different countries & professional backgrounds!