Asia Team

Oscar Warr is one of Asylos’s Asia team researchers. He holds an BA in Human Geography from the University of Leeds and is currently working towards an MA in Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He is also a student assistant at MOBILE The...

Finn Mikkers is from the Netherlands, and currently pursues a masters degree in Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Finn holds a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht and aspires to become a...

Alaikah Ahmed completed both the Bar (Called in 2024) and LLM in Human Rights from the Nottingham Trent University. Her dissertation addressed the breaches of non-refoulment through the mechanisms of the International Criminal Court. She had previously volunteered...

Harina Bains is an accomplished lawyer and advocate with an LL.M. in Criminal Law, graduating with first-class honours. Her academic foundation includes a distinguished dissertation on live-in relationships in India, reflecting her deep engagement with socio-legal...

Adriana Vega is an Asylos' volunteer Researcher for the Asia team, and a Graduate of International Studies by the University Carlos III de Madrid. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is an aspiring...

Chunyuan Hu holds a master’s degree in Education, Health Promotion, and International Development from University College London. In addition to her full-time role as a Monitoring and Reporting Officer at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (Taiwan Office) and as...

Aleena is an Asia team researcher. She is from the United States but is now working at Leiden University in The Hague, Netherlands. She holds a master's degree in International Crimes, Conflict, and Criminology from the VU Amsterdam and has been an Asylos volunteer...

Mohammad Torbatzadeh is from eastern Iran and holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a master’s degree in International Relations. He worked as a journalist for approximately three years before relocating to Italy. Currently based in Milan, he works as a...

Wasil Akhtar holds a Master’s degree in Management of Development from the Netherlands and has more than 15 years of experience working on humanitarian, justice, and economic development projects in Afghanistan. During his career, he worked with international...

Juan Vega Esteve is one of our Asia Team coordinators. Juan is an aspiring researcher, currently pursuing his Graduate studies in Sociology at Sciences Po Paris. He can be contacted at juan.vegaesteve@asylos.org.

Serena Sorrenti is one of our Asia Team Coordinators. She began her journey with Asylos in 2016 as a volunteer researcher, and in 2019 took on the role of Coordinator for the Afghanistan & Pakistan Team, now the Asia Team. Her career in the humanitarian sector...

Fabrice Lyczba is one of our Asia Team Coordinators. Fabrice is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Université Paris-Dauphine, France, with a PhD in the reception of American silent cinema in the 1920s. His research and teaching interests have broadened over...

Rongpangmenla Longchar is an Asia team researcher. She is from Nagaland- India but currently based in New Delhi where she works as a compliance analyst at Gerson and Lehrman Group. She holds a master's degree in Development studies and hold interest in forced...