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October 19, 2019 Dispatches

Bosnia Should Immediately Close Inhumane Migrant Camp

Relocate Migrants to Decent Accommodation Elsewhere

Migrants and asylum seekers in camp Vucjak where 2,500 people are now living in inhumane conditions without water, electricity, and medical care, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

October 18, 2019 Dispatches

Cuban Man Dies in US Immigration Custody

Latest Death in Dangerously Abusive System

Undated photograph of Richwood Correctional Center, Louisiana, United States.

October 18, 2019 Dispatches

Unaccompanied Migrant Children Unfairly on Trial in France

Children Sought Shelter in a Squat When No Shelter Was Provided to Them

Bâtiment du diocèse de Marseille, où vivent actuellement environ 320 personnes migrantes, dont des familles et environ 170 enfants migrants non accompagnés, Marseille, France, octobre 2019.

October 14, 2019 Dispatches

US Columbus Day Holiday Celebrates a Shameful Past

It’s My Day Off, But Let’s Not Forget Why

Signs calling for the abolition of Columbus Day stating Genocide is Nothing to Celebrate

October 4, 2019 Commentary

Greece Needs to Face Reality About Asylum Seekers

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

October 3, 2019 News Release

EU Governments Face Crucial Decision on Shared Sea Rescue Responsibility

A migrant is rescued from the mediteranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO some 20 nautical miles north of Libya on October 3, 2016.

October 1, 2019 Dispatches

Marathoners Wilt in Qatar’s Oppressive Heat

Migrant Workers Toil with Far Less Protections Everyday

Italy's Giovanna Epis is pushed in a wheelchair during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships, in Doha, Qatar.

October 1, 2019 UPR

HRW Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Kazakhstan

September 30, 2019 News Release

Bangladesh: Halt Plans to Fence-In Rohingya Refugees

Barbed Wire, Guard Towers to Deny Freedom of Movement

Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed-wire fence in the “no-man’s land” border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh, April 25, 2018.

September 27, 2019 Dispatches

US Refugee Action Has Worldwide Impact

Slashing Numbers Also Undermines Aid for Front-Line Countries

Protesters in Lafayette Park on January 29, 2017, outside the White House, demonstrate against President Trump’s executive order suspending refugee admissions and barring entry of travelers from seven Muslim majority countries.

September 25, 2019 News Release

US Move Puts More Asylum Seekers at Risk

Expanded ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Undermines Due Process

September 23, 2019 Statement

Human Rights Watch Comment on Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal

September 19, 2019 News Release

Tanzania: Protect Burundians Facing Abuse

Ensure Repatriations Are Voluntary

A Tanzanian policeman watches over as Burundian refugees gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in Kigoma region in western Tanzania, where they wait for transport to Kigoma township, May 17, 2015.

September 13, 2019 News Release

Bangladesh: Internet Blackout on Rohingya Refugees

Shutdown Hinders Emergency Response, Risks Lives

A Rohingya refugee man stands on a makeshift house at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on Setember 13, 2019. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)