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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February 1, 2017
The Catch 22 of Trump’s Refugee Order
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January 27, 2017
Trump’s refugee scare-mongering has no basis in reality
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January 23, 2017
Syrian Refugee Kids Still Out of School in Turkey
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December 29, 2016
2016: The year the world stopped caring about refugees
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November 22, 2016
Refugee Resettlement Isn't a Trojan Horse (or a bowl of Skittles)
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September 20, 2016
World Refugee Summits Fail Refugees
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September 20, 2016
The Refugee Summit: A Failure of Vision
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September 19, 2016
Brazil’s Chance for Leadership to End the Refugee Crisis
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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