Volunteer Country Condition Researchers

The Florence Project seeks volunteer researchers on an on-going basis to help our legal team and pro bono attorneys represent refugees and immigrants in detention in Florence, Eloy, and Phoenix, Arizona.  Volunteers conduct country condition research to support individuals who are seeking political asylum or Convention Against Torture relief based on persecution and/or torture they have faced in their native countries. The task includes researching newspapers, periodicals, human rights databases and other resources and compiling reliable documentation about human rights conditions relating to the country at issue and the individual's case. The research can easily be conducted with access to the internet and a printer, neither of which are easily accessible to indigent individuals in detention.  The finished product is a packet of the country condition documents, which the Florence Project will help the detainee file in support of his or her case.  

Volunteer requirements: only require internet access, free time to spend researching the internet, interest in immigrant issues. No required time-commitment or ability to travel to office.

If you are interested in researching country condition for a case with us please contact our Development and Outreach Director, Jacque Ahrenberg jahrenberg@firrp.org.