# The fundamental right to seek asylum

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMidAtlantic
- Speaker: Melanie Nezer
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/melanie_nezer_the_fundamental_right_to_seek_asylum)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Refugee and immigrants rights attorney Melanie Nezer shares an urgently needed historical perspective on the crisis at the southern US border, showing how citizens can hold their governments accountable for protecting the vulnerable. "A country shows strength through compassion and pragmatism, not through force and through fear," she says.

## Lectures

1. [The fundamental right to seek asylum](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/melanie_nezer_the_fundamental_right_to_seek_asylum/01d415b2b99f), 11 min (TED's player)