Emily A-F

Please follow me @EmilyAF47. This account is retired now that I'm no longer CEO @AsylumAccess. Don't worry, I'm still fighting for #HumanRights for #Refugees & people of #ForcedDisplacement. Plus #DigitalRights #Metaverse #WorkRights #AccessToJustice #JusticeForAll & more!

You are invited to our online seminar on July 9th, 2-4 pm (GMT+3) "Applying to UN treaty bodies for protection of #refugeerights", to be presented by expert lawyer Massimo Frigo of @ICJ_org. See mhd.org.tr/en for more info; see us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… for registration!

#UNHCR weighs in with "serious concerns" about the new US plan to create its own Nauru in #Guatemala. I'd be more blunt: it is an internationally illegal policy, dumping #refugees into a place that is not able to protect them. unhcr.org/5dd426824

"🇪🇺 has admitted in a leaked report that it cannot monitor the Libyan coastguard and that the detention of migrants is a 'profitable business model' for Libya’s government" - via bit.ly/334eovx ➡️Follow live debate in @EP_Justice on EU & Libya: bit.ly/334eovx

@cochetel I agree #Libya #detentions are horrific, but most #refugeecamps are places where people are held without trial or judicial review. See, eg, #refugee protests in #Zaatari about not being allowed to leave #internment

Migrants detained in Libya for profit, leaked EU report reveals. Nothing really new here, using the word «camps» is wrong, we are talking about detention warehouses where people are held without any trial or judicial review in appalling conditions. theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/n…

#AsylumAccess is hiring in #Jordan and #Lebanon! Would you share this job description with 3 great candidates? #refugees #humanrights #middleeast #legalaid #policy #advocacy #partnerships lnkd.in/gv8zT3v

"There is more good to invest in #refugees than to reject them. Give us the support we deserve and we will pay you back with interest." @rohakiza speaking LIVE at #BetterLivesNow #WithRefugees

Our friends @RefugePt & @wrcommission are launching an incredible initiative for #Refugees self-reliance! Watch the livestream here: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor… #BetterLivesNow #UNGA73

How do we measure refugee self-reliance? bit.ly/2OHAIoq #BetterLivesNow @RefugePt, @wrcommission, @IKEAFoundation and other partner agencies developing a tool to measure and facilitate refugee self-reliance.

"The biggest thing we can do is to remove obstacles from the employment of refugees and asylum seekers. Everything we're discussing requires political will. And this is one thing that doesn't require huge change." - @ms_asylum_UNHCR #BetterLivesNow #WithRefugees

The Global Legal Empowerment Network is becoming a force! Our movement is growing, and we invite you to grow with us. Join the world's largest network of individuals and organizations that are putting the power of law in people's hands. namati.org/network

@unhcr Liaison Office Acting Deputy Director Maria Stavropoulou says "the one thing" that can be done quickly to improve #refugees' self reliance is to change national laws and let refugees #work. How is your country doing? Find out at refugeeworkrights.org #BetterLivesNow

Former #refugee returns to war-torn #Somalia to serve as MP thestar.com/news/gta/2018/… #Withrefugees @NRC_HoA @Refugees @UNHCR_Kenya @AmnestyEARO @tyrusmaina @imaana102

Applications are open to join the world’s only Legal Empowerment Leadership Course this December. Build your skills, learn from first-rate faculty, and grow the movement for legal empowerment with us! Apply today. bit.ly/2NjuGdx

In the latest edition of Forced Migration Review, Roger Zetter and Héloïse Ruaudel examine ‘Refugees’ right to work and access to labour markets: constraints, challenges and ways forward’ bit.ly/2uZKs5y

New video on #statelessness in the Great Lakes region in Africa. Find out what the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and UNHCR are doing to help youtube.com/watch?v=DPPOgj… #IBelong

Finally!!! Suhakam submits its 2017 Annual Report to Parliament today!Suhakam calls for a full debate on its Report, in line with the PH gov’s manifesto promise which the public expects will be implemented. Human rights in #MalaysiaBaru #humanrightsforall

2/2 #HK has almost lowest acceptance rates for #refugee claims in developed world - so increasing removals (w/o proper procedural safeguards in place), creates clear risks of severe harm, #torture or death for those forcibly returned. High standards of fairness not being met.