09 December 2022

Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts & press:

The detention of migrants in Canadian jails is a public health emergency (The Conversation, Nov. 2022) [text]

A GDP Assessment of the Centre for Policy Studies’ Proposals for UK Detention Reform (Global Detention Project, Dec. 2022) [text]

ICE Fails to Justify Solitary Confinement Placements and Identify Vulnerable Populations (Immigration Impact Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]

In Greek reception centers, asylum seekers are stranded in prison-like conditions (MSF, Nov. 2022) [text]

Like Primo Levi at Auschwitz, Behrouz Boochani testifies for the people who lived and died in a prison camp (The Conversation, Dec. 2022) [text]

The State of Immigration Detention in Belgium (PICUM Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Bringing child immigration detention to an end: The case of EU return procedures (European Policy Centre, Nov. 2022) [text]

Concluding Observations on the Sixth Periodic Report of Australia, UN Doc. No. CAT/C/AUS/CO/6 (Committee against Torture, Dec. 2022) [access]
- Click on the + sign next to "Concluding Observations" under Australia, then select "view document" to download it. See also related joint HRLC/Kaldor Centre/RCOA submission to the CAT, Guardian article & RCOA media release.

Gaining Ground: Promising Practice to Reduce and End Immigration Detention (International Detention Coalition, May 2022) [text]
- See also related Annex.

Immigration Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Asia-Pacific Region (International Detention Coalition, May 2022) [text]
- See also related country profiles in the Annex.

Locked up: Stories from Immigration Detention in Europe (PICUM et al., 2022) [text]

Uncovering the Truth: Violence and Abuse Against Black Migrants in Immigration Detention (Freedom for Migrants, Nov. 2022) [access]
- Focuses on the US. Follow link for report in English, French and Spanish.

"The United States detention system for migrants: Patterns of negligence and inconsistency," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 6 (2022) [open access]

Resource:

Mapping the Use of Hotels as Alternative Places of Detention (APODs) (Kaldor Centre) [access]
- "This interactive map documents hotels known to be used for immigration detention across Australia, creating the first coast-to-coast visualisation of a practice that has operated largely in the shadows for two decades. Australia first introduced Alternative Places of Detention (APODs) 20 years ago. Since then, hotels – including both major chains and independent operators – have been used as places of detention, including for people who have sought asylum. Yet, there is no publicly available list of APODs in current or previous use." See also related news story.

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