Refugees

Kosovo: Poisoned by Lead

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:42:29 -0700

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Kosovo: Poisoned by Lead

A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Mitrovica's Roma Camps

Bhutanese refugees begin new life in Arizona

Bill Frelick — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:15:44 -0700

Ganga Baral is among the first of thousands of Bhutanese refugees who will be arriving in the United States during the next several years. She and her family arrived this Spring in Phoenix from a refugee camp in the farthest eastern reaches of Nepal, a landlocked country known to Americans, if at all, as the location for Mount Everest.

Italy: Reject Anti-Migrant Bill

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:45:00 -0700

(Milan) - The Italian Senate should reject legislative proposals that would impose criminal penalties on undocumented migrants and provide a national framework for vigilante groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The senate is expected to vote on the legislation (known as the "security package") this week.

Letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay Regarding Tindouf Refugee Camps

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:11:12 -0700

Dear High Commissioner:

Human Rights Watch is writing to urge you to redouble efforts to establish a program of human rights monitoring for Western Sahara and the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria.

The Risk of Return

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:30:00 -0700

This 47-page report documents abuses against people who have been returning to their villages from camps for displaced persons in southeastern Chad. The Chadian government should work to improve security in rural areas where many of the displaced are returning.

Tanzania/Uganda: Prevent Forced Return of Refugees

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:01:00 -0700

(New York) - The Tanzanian and Ugandan governments should ensure that refugees living in camps due to close on June 30 and July 31, 2009 are not forcibly returned to their home countries and are immediately given full information about their options, Human Rights Watch said today.

Chad: Going Home to Deadly Danger

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:01:00 -0700

HIV-Positive Migrants Face Deadly Barriers

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:32 -0700

International groups, nations and donors should give increased attention to the protection of human rights and the HIV-prevention and treatment needs of migrants, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The report was issued in advance of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board meeting in Geneva on June 22, 2009.

Discrimination, Denial, and Deportation

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:08:14 -0700

This 22-page report describes how discrimination and human rights abuses faced by migrant populations result in increased vulnerability to HIV infection and barriers to care and treatment.

Treating refugees as refuse

Bill Frelick, Director of Refugee Policy, Human Rights Watch — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:25:48 -0700

With the visit of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to Rome this week, Italy and Libya are celebrating their recently ratified Friendship Treaty. But this pact, which has already resulted in joint naval patrols that run roughshod over refugee and migrant rights - as Tana de Zulueta commented - is hardly cause for celebration.