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August 21, 2020 Dispatches

Greece Is Still Denying Migrant Pushbacks

Prime Minister Denies Growing Evidence of Abuses by Coast Guard and Border Police

The Greek Coast Guard has been accused of using rescue equipment - namely inflatable, motorless life rafts - to leave asylum seekers and migrants adrift in open water close to the Turkish sea border. May 25, 2020
August 20, 2020 Dispatches

From Chaos in Moria to Despair in Athens, Greece

Refugees Live Rough on the Streets of Central Athens

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August 10, 2020 Letter

Public Comment Opposing Proposed Asylum Bars

Migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork on October 5, 2019
July 21, 2020 Dispatches

Will Germany Seek Safe Housing Solutions for Asylum Seekers?

Mass Accommodations Put People at Risk During Covid-19

Members of a security service stand in protective gear inside a reception center for asylum seekers in North Rhine-Westphalia where 70 people tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19, May 17, 2020. 
July 16, 2020 Dispatches

Seven Years of Suffering for Australia’s Asylum Seekers, Refugees

Government Should End Harmful Offshore Policy

Asylum seekers and refugees hold placards during protest against their detention at Kangaroo Point Hotel in Brisbane, Australia, amid the Covid-19 crisis.
July 15, 2020 Letter

Comment on proposed changes to procedures for asylum and withholding of removal; credible fear and reasonable fear

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July 8, 2020 Amicus Briefing

Human Rights Watch Amicus Brief in Hernandez-Roman v. Wolf

Covid-19 and the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center

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June 26, 2020 News Release

ASEAN: Overhaul Regional Response to Rohingya Crisis

Protect Asylum Seekers, Press Myanmar to End Persecution

Local fishermen help Rohingya asylum seekers as they arrive in North Aceh, Indonesia, June 25, 2020.
June 12, 2020 News Release

Malaysia/Thailand: Allow Rohingya Refugees Ashore

End Pushbacks, Grant Access to Aid and Asylum

A boat carries Rohingya refugees off the coast of Langkawi, Malaysia, April 5, 2020.
June 5, 2020 News Release

US: Stop Using Untrained, Abusive Agencies at Protests

Immigration, Border Control Have History of Abuse, Lack Accountability

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conduct a targeted enforcement operation in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on February 9, 2017.
June 4, 2020 Commentary

Second Covid-19 Death in US Immigration Detention

Many Detainees Should Be Released; States Should Halt Transfers

An illustration of a man in a prison uniform lying in fetal position at a crossroads (the roads have barbed wire)
June 4, 2020 News Release

US: Suspend Deportations During Pandemic

Forced Returns Risk Further Global Spread of Virus

An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.
June 2, 2020 News Release

US: Investigate ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program 

Homeland Security Knowingly Returning Asylum Seekers to Harm

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June 2, 2020 Letter

DHS OIG Formal Complaint Regarding 'Remain in Mexico'

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June 1, 2020 Dispatches

Boys’ Drawings Expose Greece’s Broken Detention System

Plight of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Is Focus of New Campaign

Drawing by "Ibrahim," age 14, detained for 11 weeks. Drawing titled, "Life in and After Detention"

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