Asylum Access

In the last few years, Amalia Greenberg has been dedicated to advancing immigration policy and developing methods of effective representation and advocacy for refugees and immigrants around the world and in the U.S. After college, Amalia worked with the Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance-Egypt (AMERA) providing much needed legal aid and advocacy to asylum seekers in Cairo, Egypt. After sparking the initiation of the legal aid project in Turkey, Amalia traveled to Quito, Ecuador where she was invited to help found a local Jesuit Refugee Service office in Quito. There, she spearheaded an investigation on the living conditions of refugees, resulting in several publications and the foundation of a JRS field office in Quito. After leaving Ecuador, Amalia returned to Istanbul, Turkey with a Fulbright Scholarship, where she spent a year representing and advocating for rights of asylum seekers and drafting a legal aid manual to train local lawyers and staff. Amalia also worked domestically in the areas of immigration, criminal, and family law. Currently, Amalia is a second year student at the Washington College of Law at American University, where she is the Co-Chair of the Immigrants Rights Coalition and a founding member of the Public Interest Student Coalition.