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January 20, 2021 Dispatches

On Day One, US President Biden Reverses Odious Travel Ban

Important Step Toward a Rights-Respecting Immigration System

President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, January 20, 2021. 
January 20, 2021 Interview

Interview: Hard-Won Victories for Refugees in Greece

How Ten Years of Advocacy and Incremental Changes Add Up

A woman sits with her children in Victoria Square in Athens, Greece, awaiting transfer after being evicted from their place of residence, July 20, 2020.
January 19, 2021 News Release

Lebanon: Dire Conditions for Syrian Refugees in Border Town

Two Winters Since Homes Dismantled, Many Refugees in Arsal Unprotected

Children play next to shelters in a Syrian refugee camp in Arsal, Lebanon. Around 15,000 Syrian refugees in Arsal are entering their second winter without adequate roofs and insulation since the 2019 directive ordered them to dismantle concrete shelters and rebuild the top portion with tarp and wood. November 2020.
January 14, 2021 Letter

HRW Letter to the Biden Transition Team

Regarding Ensuring Humanitarian Border Reception

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January 13, 2021 News Release

Lebanon: Sharp Decline in Human Rights

Urgently Address Economic, Political Crises

Lebanese people release balloons bearing the names of the victims of the 4 August Beirut seaport blast to mark the two-month anniversary of the explosion that killed 200 people and injured more than 6,500 others.
January 7, 2021 Dispatches

Rohingya Arrested in Myanmar Just for Traveling

Oppressed Ethnic Group Denied Right to Freedom of Movement

Police officers wearing facemasks stand on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, November 3, 2020. 
January 6, 2021 News Release

US: ‘Remain in Mexico’ Harms Children, Families

Two Years into Program, Thousands Face Violence, Trauma, Uncertainty

A Honduran migrant mother and child wait in line for a dinner provided by volunteers at a makeshift encampment occupied by asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the US in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, October 27, 2019.  
December 22, 2020 Report

Qatar: Wage Abuse Action Shortchanges Workers

Workers Still Owed Wages for Months After Informing Government of Abuse

Former and current employees of Imperial Trading and Construction Company (ITCC) protest months of delayed and unpaid wages outside the company's headquarters. 
December 21, 2020 Commentary

Rethinking Asylum on a Warming Planet

An aerial view of one of Kiribati’s islands.
December 18, 2020 News Release

US: Protect Cameroonians From Deportation

Alleged Abuse by Immigration Officials Warrants Immediate Investigation

A patrol of Cameroonian gendarmes during a political rally in the Omar Bongo Square, Buea, capital of the South-West region, on October 3, 2018. © 2018 Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
December 18, 2020 Report

Italy: Flawed Migrant Regularization Program

Opportunity to Learn Lessons for Future

An immigrant worker picks clementines in Corgiliano-Rossano, Calabria, southern Italy, December 12, 2020. ©
December 15, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Migrants Held in Inhuman, Degrading Conditions

Detained Migrants Allege Torture, Killing in Detention, Fears of Covid-19

Migrants held in Saudi security complex
December 11, 2020 Dispatches

The Trump Administration’s Final Insult and Injury to Refugees

New Rule Creates Barriers to Asylum in the US

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December 10, 2020 Commentary

“No Justice, No Truth” for Canada’s Immigration Detainees

People wait in a temporary detention center in Blackpool, Quebec, August 5, 2017.
December 8, 2020 Report

Greece: Lead Poisoning Concerns in New Migrant Camp

Test Soil, Clear Firing Range

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