19 November 2024

Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

‘Beyond the Façade’: A Pragmatic Approach on Immigration Detention That Paves the Way for Fair Trial Rights Recognition (RLI Blog, Sept. 2024) [text]

Government to introduce urgent legislation after High Court strikes down law to monitor former immigration detainees (The Conversation, Nov. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Australia. See also related Amnesty International statement.

"Incoming Trump admin is eyeing new immigrant detention centers near major U.S. cities," NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024 [text]

Mix and Match: Detention, “De-Facto Detention” or just Restrictions of Freedom of Movement in the New Pact (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Oct. 2024) [text]

Reports:

La detención migratoria afecta el bienestar físico, psicológico y social de las personas (International Detention Coalition, Oct. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on Mexico.

Never in the best interests of the child: Risks of child detention in the screening and border procedures under the 2024 EU Migration Pact (International Commission of Jurists, Nov. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]

Noncitizens in the U.S.: Public Information on Federal Incarcerations (US Government Accountability Office, Sept. 2024) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay (International Refugee Assistance Project, Sept. 2024) [text]

Out of sight: Human rights violations in Thailand’s immigration detention centers (FIDH, Oct. 2024) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related blog post.

Snapshot of ICE Detention: Inhumane Conditions and Alarming Expansion (National Immigrant Justice Center, Sept. 2024) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Unlocking rights: towards ending immigration detention for asylum-seekers and refugees (UNHCR, Sept. 2024) [access]

Journal articles:

"Extrajudicial Segregation: Challenging Solitary Confinement in Immigration Prisons," Harvard Law Review Forum, vol. 137, no. 4 (2024) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Investigating whether offshore immigration detention and processing are associated with an increased likelihood of psychological disorders," British Journal of Psychiatry, FirstView, 11 Nov. 2024 [free full-text]
- See also related news release and post in The Conversation.

"Island Detention and Seeking Asylum in the Asia-Pacific: The Entanglement of Humanitarianism in State Practices of 'Grey Sovereignty'," Migration and Society, vol. 7, no. 1 (2024) [open access]
- Focuses on Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea.

"Poor-Quality Legal Advice: Re-Imagining How Immigration Detention Centres Should Run in England," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 2 (June 2024) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 12 April 2026.

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