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Bill Frelick

Bill Frelick

Director, Refugee Rights Program Follow @BillFrelick

Bill Frelick, director of Human Rights Watch's refugee program, 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.

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From HRW

  • May 23, 2018 Video

    Video - Landslides Threaten Rohingya Shelters in Bangladesh

Articles Authored

  • August 6, 2018 Commentary

    Relocating Rohingya refugees to a flood-prone island is a dangerous idea

    Published in Washington Post
  • August 5, 2018 Interview

    “An ‘Island Prison’ is Not the Answer”

  • June 26, 2018 Dispatches

    US Supreme Court Disregards Trump’s Discriminatory Words to Uphold Travel Ban

  • June 7, 2018 Commentary

    Trump's Brutal Refugee Program Reflects Prejudice Instead of Compassion

    Published in LA Times
  • April 24, 2018 Commentary

    Friends of Syria must speak up for refugee rights

    Published in Middle East Eye
  • April 1, 2018 Commentary

    Yes to refugee repatriation, but first things first

    Published in Dhaka Tribune
  • November 24, 2017 Commentary

    Going home is their right

    Published in Dhaka Tribune
  • November 14, 2017 Dispatches

    Call Them What They Are: Rohingya Refugees

  • November 6, 2017 Commentary

    Refugee security screening is legitimate — but unrealistic

    Published in The Hill
  • September 24, 2017 Dispatches

    India Can’t Mistreat Refugees By Not Signing Refugee Convention

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Reports Authored

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    August 5, 2018

    “Bangladesh Is Not My Country”

    The Plight of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar

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    April 20, 2018

    “Our Homes Are Not for Strangers”

    Mass Evictions of Syrian Refugees by Lebanese Municipalities

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    October 2, 2017

    “I Have No Idea Why They Sent Us Back”

    Jordanian Deportations and Expulsions of Syrian Refugees

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    May 19, 2016

    Greece: Refugee “Hotspots” Unsafe, Unsanitary

    Women, Children Fearful, Unprotected; Lack Basic Shelter

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    March 31, 2016

    Closed Doors

    Mexico’s Failure to Protect Central American Refugee and Migrant Children

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    April 28, 2014

    Containment Plan

    Bulgaria’s Pushbacks and Detention of Syrian and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants

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    November 12, 2013

    "At Least Let Them Work"

    The Denial of Work Authorization and Assistance for Asylum Seekers in the United States

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    September 12, 2012

    Ad Hoc and Inadequate

    Thailand’s Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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    September 21, 2011

    The EU’s Dirty Hands

    Frontex Involvement in Ill-Treatment of Migrant Detainees in Greece

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    December 16, 2010

    Buffeted in the Borderland

    The Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Ukraine

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    December 29, 2009

    Jailing Refugees

    Arbitrary Detention of Refugees in the US Who Fail to Adjust to Permanent Resident Status

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    September 21, 2009

    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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    November 26, 2008

    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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    November 27, 2006

    "The Silent Treatment"

    Fleeing Iraq, Surviving in Jordan

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