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September 3, 2019 News Release

US: Suit Over Indefinite Detention of Children

Amicus Brief Supports Plantiffs’ Challenge to New Rules

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September 2, 2019 News Release

Syrians Deported by Lebanon Arrested at Home

New Policy Forcibly Returns Thousands, No Due Process

Members of the Lebanese General Security Directorate oversee Syrian refugees boarding a bus to take them home to Syria, in the northern Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Bilal Hussein
August 31, 2019 Commentary

The Long Journey to the US Border

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August 15, 2019 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submits Comment in Opposition to the Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications Interim Final Rule

Immigrants attempt to enter the US between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso
July 31, 2019 Dispatches

US Senate Bill Aims to Kill Access to Asylum for Central Americans

Proposed Secure and Protect Act Attempts to Block Asylum Claims

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July 31, 2019 Dispatches

Rohingya Refugees Disappointed Again

Myanmar Delegation Fails to Make Convincing Case for Safe Return

Rohingya refugee girls cross a makeshift bamboo bridge at Kutupalong refugee camp, where they have been living amid uncertainty over their future after they fled Myanmar to escape violence a year ago, in Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.
July 31, 2019 Dispatches

Thailand Offers Persecuted Rohingya Little Hope

Prime Minister’s Racist Comments Reflect Inhumane Asylum Seeker Policy

Rohingya refugees sit behind bars at a police station in Satun province, Thailand, June 12, 2019.
July 29, 2019 News Release

Japan: Urge Bangladesh, Myanmar to Protect Rights

Foreign Minister Taro Kono Should Use Trip to Raise Rohingya’s Plight

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono during the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi, Vietnam September 12, 2018.
July 25, 2019 Dispatches

EU Moves Toward Agreement on Sharing Responsibility for Migrants and Refugees

Rescued migrants sit on a coast some 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya
July 24, 2019 Commentary

Trump’s Attack on Asylum Seekers Was Made in Australia

Demonstrators protest against the detention of asylum seekers at Australian-run offshore detention centers on the island of Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, in Sydney, Australia, August 31, 2017.
July 15, 2019 News Release

US: New Rule Flouts Asylum Norms

Administration Establishes New Ground to Bar Asylum Seekers

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July 15, 2019 News Release

Croatia: President Admits Unlawful Migrant Pushbacks

Halt Abusive Operations; Justice Needed

A migrant who claims he was beaten by Croatian police while attempting to cross the border to Croatia shows his injury at a factory hall turned migrants facility in Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
July 4, 2019 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture on Greece

July 3, 2019 Dispatches

The Greek Islands’ Forgotten Emergency

Neglect Exposes Asylum Seekers to Abuse

A Syrian man reads inside his tent at a makeshift camp outside Moria on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece.
July 2, 2019 News Release

US: Asylum Seekers Returned to Uncertainty, Danger in Mexico

Little Safety, Shelter, Due Process While Awaiting Immigration Hearings

Immigrants attempt to enter the US between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso

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