Asylum Access

10/01/2026

We're hiring an Accounting & Audit Manager to join our team!

A fully remote role based in Mexico with a unique opportunity to work directly with Headquarters and connect accounting operations across Mexico, Malaysia, and Thailand.

We’re looking for a senior, bilingual English-Spanish professional with a strong track record in accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and audit, and experience working across international organizations or multi-country environments. Experience in the nonprofit/INGO sector and knowledge of Mexico’s Authorized Donee (Donataria Autorizada) framework will be highly valued.

Ownership matters.
We’re looking for someone with the autonomy, sound judgment, and drive to make things happen. Someone who is comfortable navigating complexity, making decisions, and turning financial and operational challenges into solutions.

Based in Mexico | Fully remote
Global scope: Mexico | Malaysia | Thailand | Headquarters
Language: Full professional proficiency in English and Spanish required
Focus: Accounting | Audit | Controls | Global Reporting

If you’re ready for your next career move to have a truly global scope, we’d love to hear from you!
Find the details and apply here https://asylumaccessco.bamboohr.com/careers/269?source=aWQ9MTg%3D

09/25/2026

Localization can't be real if refugees are left out of it!

Refugee-led organisations and initiatives already run schools, health services and food distribution for their communities. What they need is a seat in the frameworks that decide where funding and power go.

Our Global Partnerships and Refugee Leadership Associate Director, Baqir Bayani, explains why, and what donors and agencies must do differently.

📖 "The missing local actor," Humanitarian Exchange No. 87.
https://odihpn.org/en/publication/the-missing-local-actor-refugee-led-initiatives-in-the-asia-pacific-and-beyond/

09/21/2026

📢 Applications for our next global Executive Director close on September 30.

We're looking for a leader to guide Asylum Access as we continue working alongside forcibly displaced people to claim their rights across Mexico, Malaysia, Thailand, and the global movement we're part of.

One clarification: you may notice a country listed on the job posting. That's a requirement of the platform, not of the role. This position is fully remote, and we welcome candidates from anywhere.

Apply or share with someone who should see this 👉
https://asylumaccessco.bamboohr.com/careers/266?source=aWQ9MTg%3D

09/10/2026

Asylum Access is entering an exciting new chapter, and we are looking for a visionary leader to help shape it.

We are conducting a search for our next global Executive Director : a leader who shares our commitment to human rights and our conviction that lasting change requires centering the people most affected by the systems we seek to transform.

Asylum Access’ global team and family of local civil society organizations in Mexico, Malaysia and Thailand advocate to make human rights a reality for refugees around the world. We challenge the systems that cause harm, dismantle barriers to freedom and equality, and shift power and resources to forcibly displaced communities through legal empowerment, advocacy, and partnerships that drive change. We operate in a shared leadership model that distributes decision-making and trusts the people closest to the communities we work with, and we are looking for someone who leads accordingly.

This is a rare opportunity to shape Asylum Access’ future as the leader of a talented and committed global team, and a mission that is as urgent as ever.

To learn more and apply, visit https://asylumaccessco.bamboohr.com/careers/266?source=aWQ9MTg%3D

08/31/2026

The Refugee Convention turns 75 this year.

In 75 years, it has never required governments to ask forcibly displaced people what they think.

A new article in the International Journal of Refugee Law (co-authored by Asylum Access' Baqir Bayani, with Najeeba Wazefadost and Tristan Harley) traces that silence back to where it started.

In 1950, groups of displaced people wrote to the drafters asking to represent themselves. Those letters were filed away and never acted on. They're published here for the first time.

Find it here: https://academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ijrl/eeag021/8736073 #568012751

08/28/2026

After more than a decade with Asylum Access, from volunteer lawyer in Tanzania to Global Executive Director, we're saying goodbye to Lisa D'Annunzio.

She has been a steady champion of shared leadership and of the conviction that forcibly displaced people are entitled to their full human rights and a central role in the decisions that shape their lives. She brought rigor to the work, and humor and generosity to the people doing it. Through genuinely difficult years for refugee rights, she helped steer the organization in close partnership with our local and global teams.

This work has always been built in community, with deep local roots at its core. That foundation carries us forward.

Lisa steps away to spend time with her family as they welcome their second child.

We'll be cheering her on!!

Lisa, thank you. 💙

08/25/2026

NEW: On the 9th anniversary of the Rohingya genocide, 70 Myanmar and international human rights organizations call on U.N. member states to end impunity for atrocities against Rohingya.

The organizations urge the U.N. Security Council to refer the situation in Myanmar to the ICC, impose targeted sanctions and a global arms embargo on the military junta, and urgently increase humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and displaced people.

News Release: https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2026-08-24/?_thumbnail_id=26023

Joint Statement: https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-stm-2026-08-24/

08/21/2026

A new chapter for RRLI.

After five years as co-founder and host organization, Asylum Access is transitioning out of the Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative as it becomes a fully refugee-led coalition.

RRLI was built on a simple idea: refugee-led organizations, when resourced and trusted, are best positioned to drive lasting change in their own communities. This transition is that idea in action: refugee leaders holding full agency over the initiative they've built.

We're proud of what RRLI has become, and we wish them continued success.

Read the full statement
https://asylumaccess.org/a-new-chapter-for-rrli/

08/13/2026

Who decides who qualifies for protection?🎙️

Malaysia has asked UNHCR to temporarily pause registering new refugees while it rolls out its own system, the Dokumen Pendaftaran Pelarian (DPP), and civil society groups are raising concerns about what it means for people seeking protection.

On this episode of Consider This, Melisa Idris speaks with our Asylum Access Malaysia Executive Director, Joanne Chua.

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The government has asked the UN refugee agency UNHCR to temporarily stop registering new refugees as it implements its own system, known as the Dokumen Pendaftaran Pelarian (DPP). Putrajaya says the move will allow Malaysia to better verify identities and manage refugee data. However, CSOs have rais...

08/11/2026

Asylum Access Calls on Thailand to Uphold Humanitarian Principles During Myanmar Military Leader's Visit

More than five years since the military coup in Myanmar, the country continues to face a deepening humanitarian and human rights crisis. Ongoing armed conflict, indiscriminate attacks against civilians, and widespread human rights violations have displaced millions of people, forcing many to seek safety in neighboring countries, including Thailand. For those fleeing violence and persecution, access to protection remains a matter of life and death.
Recognising the urgency of the crisis, ASEAN adopted the Five-Point Consensus in 2021 as the region's collective framework for addressing the situation in Myanmar. The Consensus calls for an immediate cessation of violence, constructive dialogue among all parties, the appointment of a special ASEAN envoy to facilitate mediation, the provision of humanitarian assistance through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), and a visit by the Special Envoy to engage with all parties concerned. While progress has been limited, it remains ASEAN's agreed roadmap for responding to the crisis.
As Myanmar Military Leader visits
Thailand, Asylum Access (AA) calls on the Thai government to ensure that its engagement with Myanmar is consistent with the humanitarian and human rights principles, and commitments reflected in the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus. Thailand should use this opportunity to promote the protection of civilians, support humanitarian access, and contribute to regional efforts toward a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
AA further urges the Thai government to reaffirm that any discussions with the Myanmar authorities will not compromise the safety and rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and people fleeing armed conflict. They must not be used as bargaining chips in political, diplomatic, economic, or security negotiations. Thailand should continue to uphold the principle of non-refoulement and ensure that no one is returned to a situation where they would face persecution, violence, or other serious human rights violations.

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