Humanist Immigration & Asylum Information

Humanist Mutual Aid Network is sometimes contacted by atheists & humanists who want to leave their religious nation - to live somewhere else where they won’t be persecuted for their non-belief.

This webpage lists everything HuMAN knows about this topic.

NOTE: To get asylum as a victim of persecution for being an atheist, applicants usually need to back up all their assertions with documentation, i.e., threatening letters, emails, photos. Applicants also need to provide proof that they are who they say they are, and they often need to provide at least 2 references who can confirm their identity and all of their statements.

The following groups can be contacted:

  • Atheist Refugee Assistance Program (ARAP) provides services to atheist refugees in Turkey.

  • Secular Rescue / Center for Inquiry (email: mcravatta@centerforinquiry.org)

  • International Atheist Alliance / Asylum Protocol (email: asn@atheistalliance.org)

  • Asylum Access / Address: C/O Port Workspaces, 344 Thomas L Berkley Way, Oakland, CA 94612 / Telephone: +1.510.891.8700 / email: info@asylumaccess.org

  • Refugee Empowerment Center Omaha, Nebraska

  • Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (email: hello@ex-muslim.org.uk)

  • Atheist Refugee Relief - located in Germany, can provide information and assistance.

  • Humanists International / contact page

  • The Aman Project is a refugee- and trans-led LGBTQ+ grassroots organization based in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2017, the Aman Project started as a local initiative to provide shelter for refugees from the LGBTQ+ community in Istanbul. Since then, the Aman Project has evolved to runningas a grassroots initiative that runs a number of programs centered on advancing the rights of refugee LGBTQ+ persons in Turkey and the wider MENA region. More specifically, the Aman Project focuses on: 

    • Providing emergency financial assistance and access to basic needs (such as shelter, rent assistance, food, and medicine) for LGBTQ+ refugees in Turkey and Afghanistan 

    • Supporting the resettlement and evacuation of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from Turkey and Afghanistan to third countries

    • Facilitating access to psychosocial support for LGBTQ+ refugees

    • Advocating and campaigning on the rights of LGBTQ+ refugees in the MENA region

Humanist Mutual Aid Network has contacts in Nepal that can assist humanist refugees there.

Links to Canadian Immigration articles are below:

The Best Immigration Pathways to Canada

Best Countries for Immigrants

Top Ten Immigration Friendly Countries