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March 19, 2018 Q & A

Why Greece Should #OpenTheIslands

March 19, 2018 News Release

Italy: Migrant Rescue Ship Impounded

Don’t Criminalize Saving Lives

Proactiva’s rescue ship Open Arms on mission in November 2017.

March 19, 2018 Dispatches

The Stories of Asylum Seekers Trapped in Greece

On EU-Turkey Deal Anniversary, Greece Should End Containment Policy

Zahra Mosawi, 28, from Afghanistan is trapped on Lesbos, Greece. Despite being a survivor of gender-based violence and in need of psychosocial support, she’s been unable to find help in the camp.

March 16, 2018 Dispatches

In a Man’s Death, a Glimpse of Libya’s Horrors

Europe Should Help End Cycle of Detention, Violence in Libya

Segen, a 22-year-old Eritrean, stares into the camera before disembarking in Pozzallo, Sicily, from the Pro Activa Open Arms rescue ship on March 13, 2018. He died several hours later.

March 14, 2018 Dispatches

Italy Shuts Down ‘Worrying’ Migrant Hotspot

Temporary Closure Follows Protests About Degrading Conditions

Migrants disembark from the SOS Mediterranee ship Aquarius at the Italian island of Lampedusa, April 18, 2016.

March 6, 2018 News Release

Greece: 13,000 Still Trapped on Islands

As EU-Turkey Anniversary Nears, Move Asylum Seekers to Mainland Safety

Ali, a 22-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with a disability, living in Moria camp, on the beach in Lesbos, Greece. He told Human Rights Watch he can’t access showers in the camp and sometimes tries to wash himself in the sea.

February 28, 2018 Letter

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Hungary

80th pre-sessional working group: List of Issues Prior to Reporting

February 28, 2018 News Release

US: Freezing Cells for Detained Migrants

Degrading Treatment by Border Officials

Footage of women and children in immigration holding cells in Douglas, Arizona, September 2015, made public in 2016 after a group of migrants challenged detention conditions in the cells.

February 23, 2018 Dispatches

Failing Rohingya Rape Victims in Bangladesh

Refugees from Burma Lack Access to Crucial Services

Rohingya refugees walk inside Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh January 8, 2018.

February 17, 2018 News Release

Hungary: Bills Seek to Block Migrant Support

Withdraw ‘Stop Soros’ Measures; Halt Curbs on Rights Groups

People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2017.

February 16, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Mexico

63rd plenary session

February 14, 2018 Dispatches

Misery for Women and Girls in Greece’s Island Paradise

Government Downplays Sexual Violence Risks in Migrant Hotspots

A girl walks next to a self-made shower at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, November 30, 2017.

February 6, 2018 News Release

US: Census Bot Tweets Immigrants’ Profiles

Base Immigration Policies on Facts Not Fear

Illustration of immigrations by Molly Crabapple.

February 3, 2018 Report

Turkey/Syria: Border Guards Shoot, Block Fleeing Syrians

Exposes Asylum Seekers to Further Risk, Abuse

A wall along the border between Turkey and Syria is seen in Kilis province, Turkey.