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 12, 2011
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June 5, 2011
Help Obeidy out of Libya
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March 30, 2011
For Bhutan’s refugees, there’s no place like home
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January 15, 2011
EU must stop returning migrants to Ukraine
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December 17, 2010
Fortress Europe and the EU-Ukraine migrant pact
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January 6, 2010
US Refuge Can Be Harsh
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January 6, 2010
Refugees Are Not Bargaining Chips
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September 28, 2009
Compassion has to work too for boat people in distress
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September 4, 2009
The Bomber and the Dissident
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July 31, 2009
Moving the migrant issue is no solution
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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