Happy New Year from Asylos! 🎊 Here's to 2026 - another year of supporting asylum seekers through quality #COI research, dedicated volunteers, and evidence-based decision-making. Thank you to everyone in our network who makes this vital work possible. #HappyNewYear #AsylumRights #RefugeeSupport

📢 We're hiring for a 2nd post! Asylos also seeks a Network Coordinator (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Support our 50+ volunteer researchers doing vital asylum research. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-n... #JobOpportunity #HumanRights

📢 We're hiring! Programme Manager – Network Research (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Lead our volunteer network producing #COI research for asylum seekers. We encourage applications from people with #livedexperience of displacement. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-p...

📢 We're hiring for a 2nd post! Asylos also seeks a Network Coordinator (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Support our 50+ volunteer researchers doing vital asylum research. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-n... #JobOpportunity #HumanRights

📢 We're hiring! Programme Manager – Network Research (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Lead our volunteer network producing #COI research for asylum seekers. We encourage applications from people with #livedexperience of displacement. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-p...

🚀 Excited to announce our webinar on the enhanced #COI section of Rights in Exile—a partnership between AsyLex & Asylos! 📅 Jan 28th | 12h BST/13h CET Learn how experts are transforming access to Country of Origin Information. Register➡️ forms.gle/aZSRizG9yJNu... #RightsInExile

June 6th workshop brought together experts & people with #livedexperience of #migration #exploitation. Result 👉 a #CallToAction for recognising lived experience as #expertise. 📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti... #LivedExperienceMatters

🚀 Excited to announce our webinar on the enhanced #COI section of Rights in Exile—a partnership between AsyLex & Asylos! 📅 Jan 28th | 12h BST/13h CET Learn how experts are transforming access to Country of Origin Information. Register➡️ forms.gle/aZSRizG9yJNu... #RightsInExile

June 6th workshop brought together experts & people with #livedexperience of #migration #exploitation. Result 👉 a #CallToAction for recognising lived experience as #expertise. 📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti... #LivedExperienceMatters

🔍 In case you missed it... New Asylos’ open access report examines #China's loan shark crisis, corruption & #trafficking survivor support. Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s... #ChinaCOI #HumanRights #ModernSlavery

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

About the #Statelessness & #Innovation conference last week. 100+ people in Berlin to reimagine solutions. Community voices in majority. Innovation labs explored tech solutions, community lawyering, & intersectional justice. Read the full story: www.statelessness.eu/updates/blog...

🎓 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...

About the #Statelessness & #Innovation conference last week. 100+ people in Berlin to reimagine solutions. Community voices in majority. Innovation labs explored tech solutions, community lawyering, & intersectional justice. Read the full story: www.statelessness.eu/updates/blog...

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! 🎉

🚨 #China's illegal lending crisis: violent debt collection & inadequate police protection for female #trafficked returnees. Our report (2017-2025) provides essential #COI for practitioners supporting Chinese #asylumseekers For download ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s... #ChinaCOI

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

🎓 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...

📢 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...

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

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

🚨 #China's illegal lending crisis: violent debt collection & inadequate police protection for female #trafficked returnees. Our report (2017-2025) provides essential #COI for practitioners supporting Chinese #asylumseekers For download ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s... #ChinaCOI

📢 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...

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

🚨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

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".

NEW on @freemovement.bsky.social Our commentary challenges UK Home Office assessment that former Afghan officials face no general risk. Our #COI report reveals ongoing violations; including deaths linked to 2022 UK #databreach. Read: freemovement.org.uk/new-commenta... #AfghanistanFearOfTaliban

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

Latest post from us: New commentary and report highlight persistent human rights violations against Afghans associated with the former government and international forces | Emily Wilbourn

NEW on @freemovement.bsky.social Our commentary challenges UK Home Office assessment that former Afghan officials face no general risk. Our #COI report reveals ongoing violations; including deaths linked to 2022 UK #databreach. Read: freemovement.org.uk/new-commenta... #AfghanistanFearOfTaliban

🚨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

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

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! 🎉

🔎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 [email protected] - About us: www.asylos.org #AsylumLaw

Thank you #EUAA for hosting the Consultative Forum in #Malta. Honored for Asylos to chair the #COI Thematic group's second meeting. Congratulations to Ana Ciuban (re-elected Chair) and Najib Obaid Babakerkhail (new Deputy Chair)! 🎉 #EUAA #asylum #COI

🎓 Exciting news! We're partnering with @refugeeaction.bsky.social to deliver free #COI research #training webinars this December. 🔊 Register now ➡️ asylos.org/december-202... For legal professionals, OISC caseworkers & researchers across the UK and beyond.

🔎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 [email protected] - About us: www.asylos.org #AsylumLaw

Thank you #EUAA for hosting the Consultative Forum in #Malta. Honored for Asylos to chair the #COI Thematic group's second meeting. Congratulations to Ana Ciuban (re-elected Chair) and Najib Obaid Babakerkhail (new Deputy Chair)! 🎉 #EUAA #asylum #COI

🎓 Exciting news! We're partnering with @refugeeaction.bsky.social to deliver free #COI research #training webinars this December. 🔊 Register now ➡️ asylos.org/december-202... For legal professionals, OISC caseworkers & researchers across the UK and beyond.

🔴Call to Action on recognising #livedexperience as #expertise in research & policy! Born from a workshop with HTRN on #asylum, #trafficking & #COI research, a roadmap for researchers, policymakers & practitioners to create genuinely inclusive practices. Download & sign 👉 asylos.org/call-to-acti...

🌟 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.

Saying farewell today to Dick Oosting, one of Asylos' most valued trustees: asylos.org/farewell-dic... After years of thoughtful leadership, Dick is stepping back. His calm presence, wisdom, and deep commitment to our mission have been a guiding force. Thank you, Dick, for everything.💙

🔊 New Asylos #report covering the situation in “#Cameroon: The #Anglophone Crisis” ➡️ asylos.org/cameroon-the.... It examines the Anglophone crisis in the country, including separatist attacks on civilians, civil servants, educational institutions, and #francophone communities. #proofnotprejudice

🔴Call to Action on recognising #livedexperience as #expertise in research & policy! Born from a workshop with HTRN on #asylum, #trafficking & #COI research, a roadmap for researchers, policymakers & practitioners to create genuinely inclusive practices. Download & sign 👉 asylos.org/call-to-acti...

🔊 New Asylos #report covering the situation in “#Cameroon: The #Anglophone Crisis” ➡️ asylos.org/cameroon-the.... It examines the Anglophone crisis in the country, including separatist attacks on civilians, civil servants, educational institutions, and #francophone communities. #proofnotprejudice

📢 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

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...

📣 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.

🎥 Check out the video recording of the excellent #seminar ‘Safe Countries’ and Women’s International Protection’, organised by WiRL Network▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1yV... On the theme of “Refuge in a cold climate: the impact on women”.

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.