Our mission, aims and values
Asylum Aid's Mission
Asylum Aid was founded in 1990 to provide desperately-needed legal representation to those fleeing persecution abroad. We have provided legal advice to more than 30,000 people in the last twenty years, and we are committed to continuing this work.
Asylum Aid's Aims
- To provide free and accessible legal representation of the highest quality, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and excluded asylum seekers
- To campaign vigorously for a fair asylum process based on inviolable human rights principles. We always ensure that what we say is firmly rooted in the work we do
- To work co-operatively with our colleagues in the asylum and refugee movement, so that our work has the strongest possible impact
- To sustain a stable, independent and purposeful organisation which benefits all the people who need our help, and all the organisations with which we work
Asylum Aid's Values
- We believe that human rights are unconditional, and that our commitment to promoting equality and justice should govern and inform every aspect of our work
- We believe that Asylum Aid should work to the highest professional standards to realise this commitment
- We believe in working collaboratively to advance our aims and to ensure that refugees can influence the direction and perspectives of the organisation
The values at the heart of our work are also described in our policy briefings, and in recent Annual Reports.