Refugees

Thailand: End Detention of Lao Hmong Refugees

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:56 -0800

(New York) - The Thai government should immediately end the detention of 158 Lao Hmong refugees held in poor and abusive conditions for three years, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on the Detention and Mistreatment of Lao Hmong Refugees

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:19 -0800

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
Government House
Pitsanulok Road, Dusit
Bangkok 10300
Thailand

Re: Detention and Mistreatment of Lao Hmong Refugees

Dear Prime Minister,

Kenya Recruits Somali Refugees To Fight Islamists Back Home In Somalia

<p> Letta Tayler and Chris Albin-Lackey </p> — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:54:03 -0800

(Hagadera Refugee Camp, Kenya) For months, 18-year-old Ahmed Abdullahi had dodged the mortar shells that whizz daily through Mogadishu, the war-ravaged capital of Somalia. The one that finally drove him from Somalia tore though his family's house and ripped a cousin to bits, splattering Ahmed with blood and body parts.

Letter to French Minister of Immigration, Integration, National identity and Solidary development

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:27:01 -0800

Dear Minister Besson,

Kenya: Stop Recruitment of Somalis in Refugee Camps

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:41:49 -0700

(Nairobi) - The Kenyan government should immediately stop the recruitment of Somalis in refugee camps to fight for an armed force in Somalia, Human Rights Watch said today. Kenyan authorities have directly supported the drive, which has recruited hundreds of Somali men and boys in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camps as well as Kenyan citizens from nearby towns.

Burundi: Review Rwandans’ Asylum Claims

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:15:51 -0700

(Bujumbura) - The Government of Burundi should immediately evaluate the claims of up to 400 Rwandan asylum seekers and stop all efforts to coerce them to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on Rwandan authorities to stop pressuring Burundi to force the asylum seekers to return to Rwanda.

Greece: Unsafe and Unwelcoming Shores

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:52:00 -0700

Between August and September 2009, Human Rights Watch interviewed 16 migrants who had been arrested on Samos, Symi, and Chios Islands, and the port towns of Patras and Igoumenitsa.

No Refuge: Migrants in Greece

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:37:51 -0700

In a large-scale crackdown between June and August 2009, the Greek authorities arrested hundreds of migrants across the country, evicting them from run-down dwellings in Athens, bulldozing a makeshift camp in Patras, and detaining new arrivals on the islands.

Compassion has to work too for boat people in distress

Bill Frelick — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:37:22 -0700

Washington - The return of one man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing to Libya, where he got a hero's welcome, has caused an international outcry while the return of hundreds of boat migrants to Libya, where they face certain detention and probable brutal mistreatment, causes nary a peep.

Deporting HIV-Positive Migrants Threatens Lives, Global Goals

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:32:25 -0700

(London) - National governments, in cooperation with international agencies and donors, should reconsider deportation policies for people living with HIV/AIDS, four HIV/AIDS and human rights groups said in a report released today.