by Radu Botez | 07 February 2017 | Uncategorised
Confirming the existence of a place mentioned in a testimony can be of crucial importance for an asylum claim. Besides Google Maps, there are a number of mapping services that can help with identifying locations, especially through their street-view feature. Some of...
by Radu Botez | 12 March 2016 | Uncategorised
Asylos trustee and co-founder Thomas Klau recently wrote about the EU-Turkey agreement – “an unprecedented deal to expel asylum seekers and war refugees from the EU territory of Greece and deport them back to neighboring Turkey.” Read the article on...
by Raphaelle Pluskwa | 09 December 2015 | Uncategorised
Four tips on how to protect your data when researching online information for asylum claims. by Raphaelle Pluskwa and Ellen Riotte Everyone knows that defending human rights around the globe can be a risky business. But even when sitting safely in front of a computer...
by Anna Rudycheva | 25 November 2015 | Uncategorised
by Anna Rudycheva The photo of a drowned child marked the highest peak of attention given to the current crisis of the asylum system in Europe and sparked, like never before, discussions about the human side to the biggest migration flow since World War II. For a...
by Ellen Riotte | 29 July 2015 | Uncategorised
Recent tragic refugee deaths in the Mediterranean have proven how difficult it can be to reach Europe to claim asylum. But getting to Europe is just the first step. In many cases, receiving asylum requires evidence of persecution that can be difficult to produce....
