The Asylum Seekers Equality Project (ASEP) is an initiative run by the Human Rights branch of the Wellington Community Justice Project (WCJP), a charity that operates from Victoria University of Wellington Law School. WCJP aims to improve access to justice and legal services in the community and to provide law students with an opportunity to gain practical legal experience. ASEP was founded in response to the report Marking Time created by ChangeMakers Refugee Forum in 2013. ‘Marking Time' details the resettlement experiences of successful asylum seekers in New Zealand. ASEP is made up of four collaborative teams: website, social media, publications and campaigns/events... We want to encourage people to educate their friends, family and wider communities to try and change societal attitudes on refugees and asylum seekers... In 2013, ChangeMakers Refugee Forum published Marking Time, a report that highlights the inconsistencies in treatment that people with quota and convention..
Also known as: Asylum Seekers Equality Project