Joel Ekong

Joel Ekong is a researcher in the Africa team. He is a human rights activist and public interest researcher. With an academic foundation in History and International Studies, his work is defined by a rigorous, evidence-based approach to social justice. He is deeply...

Paola Faraci

Paola Faraci is one of Asylos' Africa Team Coordinator. She has experience across the development, humanitarian, and refugee sectors, with particular expertise in capacity building. She currently works in Italy, focusing on irregular migration along the Central...

Michele Iacopini

Michele Iacopini is an Africa team researcher and holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Florence, Italy. He has extensive professional experience in refugee and migration law, having worked in Lebanon, Lithuania, Greece, Uganda, and Italy, across...

Lisa Incledon

Lisa Incledon is one of our Africa Team Coordinators. She is a caseworker at a charity in London which supports immigration detainees with health needs, and also volunteers with Amnesty International UK as a trainer and secretary of its Children’s Human Rights Network...

Teris Wetter

Teris Wetter is a MENA team coordinator and an Africa team researcher. She is passionate about working towards reconciliation in Canada through harm-reduction and community care. Teris holds a Bachelors’ degree in International Development with a Minor in Russian...

Africa Team

Joel Ekong

Joel Ekong

Joel Ekong is a researcher in the Africa team. He is a human rights activist and public interest researcher. With an academic foundation in History and International Studies, his work is defined by a rigorous, evidence-based approach to social justice. He is deeply...

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Paola Faraci

Paola Faraci

Paola Faraci is one of Asylos' Africa Team Coordinator. She has experience across the development, humanitarian, and refugee sectors, with particular expertise in capacity building. She currently works in Italy, focusing on irregular migration along the Central...

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Michele Iacopini

Michele Iacopini

Michele Iacopini is an Africa team researcher and holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Florence, Italy. He has extensive professional experience in refugee and migration law, having worked in Lebanon, Lithuania, Greece, Uganda, and Italy, across...

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Lisa Incledon

Lisa Incledon

Lisa Incledon is one of our Africa Team Coordinators. She is a caseworker at a charity in London which supports immigration detainees with health needs, and also volunteers with Amnesty International UK as a trainer and secretary of its Children’s Human Rights Network...

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Teris Wetter

Teris Wetter

Teris Wetter is a MENA team coordinator and an Africa team researcher. She is passionate about working towards reconciliation in Canada through harm-reduction and community care. Teris holds a Bachelors’ degree in International Development with a Minor in Russian...

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Michelle Adormaa Owusu

Michelle Adormaa Owusu

Michelle Adormaa Owusu is an Africa team researcher. She has previously volunteered with migrant rights organizations in Canada and Sierra Leone. She has a bachelor's in commerce, a master's in journalism and a JD in law. Her work experience includes teaching English...

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