Thematic Focus: Detention

Reports & journal articles:

"'Closure' at Manus Island and Carceral Expansion in the Open Air Prison," Globalizations, Latest Articles, 12 Dec. 2019 [abstract]
- See also related blog post.

The Cost of Australia's Refugee and Asylum Policy: A Source Guide (Kaldor Centre, Dec. 2019) [text]
- Includes section on cost of detaining asylum seekers. See also related Guardian article.

ICE Detains Fewer Immigrants with Serious Criminal Convictions under Trump Administration (TRAC, Dec. 2019) [text]
- Note: See also other reports in this series, listed at bottom of page.

Immigration Detention in Romania: With a Little Help from the EU (Global Detention Project, Nov. 2019) [text]

Physical Fences and Digital Divides: Final Report of the Global Detention Project Special Investigation into the Uses of Electronic Media in Today’s Migration Journeys (Global Detention Project, Dec. 2019) [text]

Secrecy and Abuse in Australia's Immigration Detention Systems (CONREP Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]

Children:

"Asylum Seeker Children in Nauru: Australia’s International Human Rights Obligations and Operational Realities," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 31, no. 1 (March 2019) [free full-text]

"The Detention of Children in Asylum Procedures in Europe: Regulatory Framework and Alternatives," Bratislava Law Review, no. 2 (2018) [full-text]

Immigration Detention and Children: Rights Still Ignored, Two Years Later (Canadian Council on Refugees, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Should Asylum Seeking Minors be Detained?: Understanding International and European Law and Policy and Seeking Alternative Solutions," InterGentes: McGill Journal of International Law & Legal Pluralism, vol. 2, no. 2 (2019) [full-text]

The United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty (OHCHR, 2019) [text via Global Detention Project]
- Note: This includes a link to the full study, released in November. Chapter 11 focuses on migration. A summary of the study is available here.

Libya:

Final Report of the Panel of Experts on Libya Established Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1973 (2011), UN Doc. No. S/2019/914 (UN Security Council, Dec. 2019) [text]
- Includes references to the situation of migrants in Libya. See esp. sections E:2&3 (pp. 15-19) and Annex 15: Attack on Tajura DCIM Detention Centre (pp. 120-136).

No, Migrants in Libyan Detention Centers are not More Likely to be Resettled in Europe (InfoMigrants, Dec. 2019) [text]

The Political Economy of Migrant Detention in Libya: Understanding the Players and the Business Models (Global Initiative, Nov. 2019) [text]

What Makes Refugees and Migrants Vulnerable to Detention in Libya? A Microlevel Study of the Determinants of Detention (Mixed Migration Centre, Dec. 2019) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 1 (21 Nov. 2019)
- Thematic Focus: Detention - Pt. 2 (U.S.) (21 Nov. 2019)

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