Our main goal: the defence of the right to asylum in Catalonia

We defend the right to asylum in Catalonia and the rights of people who have suffered a forced displacement due to severe human rights violations. We develop sensitization, training and advocacy actions, and we provide legal, social and psychological support to people in need of international protection.

Presentation and objectives

Asil.cat wants to improve the Catalan capacity of acceptance and recognition of the rights of peoples who have suffered from forced displacement 

due to serious violations of their human rights, as seekers of international protection, stateless persons and internally displaced persons.

The asil.cat network aims to increase the impact and scope of its mobilisation operations, as well as the political and social impact of NGO members in the field of asylum and refuge.

 

To strengthen the networking between the asylum and Human Rights NGOs in Catalonia

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To coordinate advocacy and social mobilisation actions of the member organisations

As well as other entities that have similar objectives, in order to better educate the population and mass media as to the causes of forced displacement.

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To integrate the advocacy actions of Asil.cat Network with those of other organisations in the sector

to have an active presence in the decision making spaces of local and regional governments within the Catalan territory.

Who can join?

The Asil.cat Network: A group of Catalan organisations united in the defence of the right to asylum

 

Asil.cat has a territorial orientation and, therefore, is open to the participation of all organisations and institutions that work in the Catalan territory and the objectives of which include: the defence of the right of asylum in Catalonia, the rights of people who have suffered from forced displacement due to severe human rights violations, an interest in raising awareness and advocacy towards the improvement of legal, social and psychological support provided to people in need of international protection.

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Full Members

Full membership implies voting rights and is held by those organisations and institutions that work toward the defence of the right to asylum in Catalonia and have been accepted as active members of Asil.cat Network through a formal ratification. The internal regulations of Asil.cat define the procedure by which organisations and institutions can join and leave.

 

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Observer Members

Organisations that share the common goal of defending the right of asylum in Catalonia and the rights of forcibly displaced persons due to serious human rights violations. Observer members do not hold full membership in the Network, but are involved in internal coordination, advocacy and sensitization actions.