Recommended Resources

Freedom for Immigrants

Offers a good history of detention in the US, an analysis of the problem and an Immigration Detention Syllabus

Problem

Syllabus

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR – United Nations High Commission for Refugees)

Flow Chart of Asylum Process and Help for Asylum Seekers

Flow Chart

Asylum

Witnesses and Volunteers at the US-Mexico Border

Border Stories Panel Discussion

NEKASAN is a founding member of the Vermont-New Hampshire Asylum Support Network (VTNHASN). This network is comprised of 9 community-based asylum support groups in Vt & NH who work together to foster collaboration, share best practices, build capacity, raise public awareness of the issues involved in seeking asylum , and advocate for policies and funding that support our collective work and the asylum seekers with whom we work.

Check out the network website at https://vtasylumsupport.org/ and find:

The resources page to answer many of your questions about working with asylum seekers
The advocacy page to help you find contact information for your elected state and federal officials
Our members and partners contact information
Ways to volunteer and support our work locally