Bill Frelick
Bill Frelick, director of Human Rights Watch's Refugee and Migrant Rights Division, monitors, investigates, and documents human rights abuses against refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons, and advocates for the rights and humanitarian needs of all categories of forcibly displaced persons around the world.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, Frelick directed Amnesty International USA's refugee program and the US Committee for Refugees (USCR), which he served for 18 years. He was the editor of USCR's annual World Refugee Survey and monthly Refugee Reports. Frelick has traveled to refugee sites throughout the world and is widely published. He taught in the Middle East from 1979-1983 and was co-coordinator of the Asian Center of Clergy and Laity Concerned from 1976-1979. Frelick has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. from Columbia University.
Articles Authored
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July 26, 2023
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November 17, 2022
Why EU can't count on Turkey to protect asylum seekers
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October 28, 2022
Biden’s New Plan: No Help For Desperate Venezuelan Refugees
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April 7, 2022
Using Migrants to Do Greece's Dirty Work
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September 16, 2021
US Should Use Refugee Resettlement Slots Now
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July 23, 2021
Biden Tells Central American Asylum Seekers to Stay Home
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July 18, 2021
Letter to the Editor: the Turmoil in Cuba
Reports Authored
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Lebanon: Syrian Refugee Shelters Demolished
Coercive Measures Intensify Pressures to Return to Syria
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Kenya: Involuntary Refugee Returns to Somalia
Camp Closure Threat Triggers Thousands Returning to Danger
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Greece: Refugee “Hotspots” Unsafe, Unsanitary
Women, Children Fearful, Unprotected; Lack Basic Shelter
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"At Least Let Them Work"
The Denial of Work Authorization and Assistance for Asylum Seekers in the United States
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Jailing Refugees
Arbitrary Detention of Refugees in the US Who Fail to Adjust to Permanent Resident Status
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Pushed Back, Pushed Around
Italy's Forced Return of Boat Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Libya's Mistreatment of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
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Stuck in a Revolving Door
Iraqis and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants at the Greece/Turkey Entrance to the European Union
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