Testimonials

We work closely with lawyers from around the world to figure out which questions need answers and which arguments need proof. Lawyers who defend asylum seekers combat prejudice, misinformation, and stereotyped assumptions every day. Asylos reports allow them to devote much needed time to what they do best: defending vulnerable asylum seekers.

Find out what the lawyers and caseworkers with whom we have worked say about Asylos below. If you are interested in joining us and leveraging Asylos research to defend your clients, please consult our resources page.

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“Country and expert evidence is indispensable in supporting an asylum seeker’s case. Asylos helps me and immigration officials – better understand my client’s circumstances.
Tori Sicher

Immigration Solicitor (UK)

“I can’t say enough how much I appreciate your project and efforts. It seems like you’re working with the best researchers and experts in the field. This information is invaluable, both thanks to the quotes and references, but also because it explains very well why there is very little information on the subject.”

Nimrod Avigal

HIAS - Israel

“Your help is invaluable. You save us a lot of time and work as COI sources are very difficult to find in some cases… I really appreciate the reliability and reactivity of your teams. Your notes are to the point and make the case credible.”

Marie Duhayon

Lawyer of the Paris bar

“You go far and beyond with your research and your on the ground contacts are very valuable, providing lawyers with increased argumentation… I appreciated the objectivity of your notes. I trust Asylos because your notes are objective and impartial.”

Jonathan Dieni

Lawyer of the Liège bar

“I consistently make use of Asylos’ expansive database and have even requested several tailored reports myself. Compiling this information on my own would require much more work than I have time for. Asylos takes the work off my hands and gives me invaluable time for meeting with vulnerable clients and preparing briefs.”

Eleni Velivasaki

Refugee Support Aegean (Greece)

“The quality of the information and reports provided by Asylos is consistently high, and I have always found them to be incredibly responsible, responsive and willing to go the extra mile. My colleagues and I regularly rely on research and reports by Asylos to support our clients’ asylum claims”

Anna Skehan

Legal Practice Lead, Islington Law Centre (UK)

“Asylos staff was highly professional and responsive. They reacted and responded to our call for support in spite of extremely narrow deadlines, understanding the importance of the ECtHR cases for the concrete individual but also for the EU/European future asylum and human rights legal practice. Your report helped us a lot in order to supply our observations with the appropriate sources. Without your report we would not be able to support some of our arguments in the pleadings. Besides, we couldn’t find local sources in Arabic having in mind that we couldn’t read nor speak Arabic ourselves.”

Rados Djurovic

Executive Director, Asylum Protection Center

“Asylos has a reputation, which is proof of its credibility. Judges ask for Asylos’s reports copies and I always share it with them… Asylos is the perfect match between the mastery of a language and the understanding of law… Your researchers understand what I am talking about, they understand law, especially refugee law and the concept of jurisdiction. For lawyers, this is a blessing.”

Myriam Thomas

Lawyer at Paris bar, Cabinet Thomas

“I have found the quality of research in each of the Asylos memos I have requested to be excellent. I have shared the memos with other lawyers. I am very grateful to the Asylos team for its meticulous, credible work.”

Lesley Stalker

Attorney in Vancouver, Canada, Vancouver Law Firms

“I read Asylos COI reports all the time and they are well researched, well written and very useful. Keep doing that amazing work thanks for all the effort”

Human Rights Lawyer (USA)

“As a legal clinic specialised in writing asylum requests for asylum-seekers, Asylos provides our Master students from the Refugee Law Clinic at the Université Libre de Bruxelles with precious and reliable resources”

Céline Verbrouck

Head of the Refugee Law Clinic, Refugee Law Clinic (Belgium)

“I know I can rely on Asylos whenever I am in need of substantive information to support my clients’ claim but lack the resources and time to gather it myself.”

Noémi Desguin

Lawyer at the Wallonia Bar (Belgium)

“Asylos’s work functions as great legal aid, especially because we do not always have the time to do the research that is necessary, so your fact finding is very appreciated and makes the claims credible.”

Martin Dannaud

Lawyer of the Paris bar

One of the most important ways that Asylos adds value is by using expert legal skills and knowledge to provide very specific COI research, responsive to the individual needs and circumstances of an asylum seeker.
Les Goldman

Volunteer, Beacon Bradford McKenzie Friends

“Asylos’s research has been extremely helpful in supporting asylum seekers prove the merits of their claims, in particular with complex cases or where there is no legal aid available… Asylos’s researchers have regional expertise and language skills and are thus in a great position to access information on a range of different cases.”

Greta Nonni

Youth Caseworker, SLRA - South London Refugee Association

“The research I requested from Asylos provided me with new evidence, which helped me greatly to establish my client’s risk of persecution”

Cécile Taymans

Lawyer in Brussels (Belgium)