Migrants
Migrants – people living and working outside their country of origin – are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses. Migrant workers in factories and on farms can endure terrible working conditions, while migrant domestic workers can face a myriad of abuses inside employers’ homes. The trafficking of forced labor is a global problem. Human Rights Watch investigates rights violations arising when countries try to contain or divert the migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers at or within their borders, by placing adults and children in overcrowded and filthy detention centers, sometimes indefinitely. Large numbers of migrants fleeing criminality, poverty and environmental disaster will be without the protections of refugee status. Ultimately, all migrants should be treated with dignity.
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AsiaThe U.S. State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2020 has maintained Thailand’s ranking at Tier 2, despite detailed and comprehensive evidence demonstrating the weaknesses of the Thai government’s efforts in the areas of prosecution, protection and prevention of human trafficking in 2019.
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Russia: As Pandemic Grows, Migration Detention Deadlock
With Risk of Spreading Covid-19, Government Should Find Alternatives
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Greece: Nearly 2,000 New Arrivals Detained in Overcrowded, Mainland Camps
Citing COVID-19, Authorities Arbitrarily Detain New Arrivals
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US: ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Harming Children
Families Seeking Asylum Exposed to Violence, Illness, Trauma
News
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Sufficient progress not made to warrant Tier 2 ranking for Thailand in TIP Report 2020
Seafood Working Group responds to Trafficking in Persons Report 2020
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Maldives: Migrants Arrested for Protesting Abuses
Officials Claim National Security to Justify Mistreating Foreign Workers
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Malaysia: Stop Treating Rohingya Refugees as Criminals
Jailing, Caning Refugees Violates International Law
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Second Covid-19 Death in US Immigration Detention
Many Detainees Should Be Released; States Should Halt Transfers
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Ensure Justice for Migrant Workers Sent Home
Hasty Repatriation During Covid-19 Leading to Labor Violations
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Lockdown Should Not Discriminate Against Migrants, Refugees
Greece Extends Covid-19 Lockdown at Refugee Camps
