We’re coming up on our second anniversay in February, and it seems like a good time to spruce up our website. I am hoping this blog will fill some of the needs that have become apparent over the past months.

This website is not used much by professionals, except to see that we’re here. I believe most of our visits are from asylum seekers, and the way we can help them the most is to give advice on filing their own asylum applications. It is very difficult to win asylum, period, but it is extremely difficult to win without the help of a lawyer who has had some experience with the process. So people who are not physically close to Lemkin House in Michigan, or who do not have money to hire a lawyer, or who are still overseas wondering what it means to apply for asylum in the U.S. –these are the people we will try to reach, and help.

So: more to come!