Thematic Focus: Detention (esp. in US)

"Detention of Child Asylum Seekers in the Pursuit of State Interests: A Comparison of the Australian and EU Approaches," Nordic Journal of Human Rights, vol. 36, no. 1 (2018) [abstract]

DG Swing Asks Libya Not to Send Rescued Migrants Back to Detention (IOM, July 2018) [text]

Domestic and International Standards and the Immigration and Refugee Board's Guideline on Detention (UNHCR, Feb. 2018) [text]

"Immigration Detention: An Anglo Model," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 28 June 2018 [abstract]
- Looks at immigration detention systems in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

"The Mental Health Plight of Unaccompanied Asylum‐seeking Children in Detention," Journal of Advanced Nursing, Accepted Articles, 2 July 2018 [postprint]

"UN Body Condemns Australia for Illegal Detention of Asylum Seekers and Refugees," The Guardian, 8 July 2018 [text]

United States:

Court Halts Trump Administration Policy Prolonging Detention of Hundreds of Immigrant Children (NYCLU, June 2018) [text]
- Reports on outcome of LVM v. Lloyd.

"Defense Contractor Detained Migrant Kids in Vacant Phoenix Office Building," Reveal News, 6 July 2018 [text]

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration's Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers (ACLU Blog, July 2018) [text]
- Reports on ruling in Damus v. Nielsen. See also related Human Rights First statement.

ICE's Inspections and Monitoring of Detention Facilities Do Not Lead to Sustained Compliance or Systemic Improvements (DHS Office of Inspector General, June 2018) [text]
- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.

"Immigration Law's Due Process Deficit and the Persistence of Plenary Power," Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, vol. 28 (2017) [full-text] 

"Judge Rejects Trump Administration Bid to Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children with Parents," Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2018 [text]
- Here is a copy of the judge's order re. efforts to amend the Flores settlement. See also related Vox article.

Studies: Mass Detention of Migrant Families is Unnecessary, Inefficient (Just Security, July 2018) [text]

Unpacking DOJ’s New Claim that DHS Can Legally Detain Migrant Children with Their Parents for Longer than Twenty Days (Just Security Blog, July 2018) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Detention, esp. in the U.S. (26 June 2018)

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