Thematic Focus: Detention

Short pieces:

ICE detainees suffer preventable deaths − Q&A with a medical researcher about systemic failures (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Persistent Reports of Severe Human Rights Violations in Malaysia’s Immigration Detention Centres (Immigration Detention Monitor, June 2024) [text]

The Promise and Pitfalls of Human Rights in Immigration Detention (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2024) [text]

"Tamils allege prison-like conditions on Diego Garcia ahead of unlawful detention hearing," The New Humanitarian, 4 July 2024 [text]

- *TNH Update: "US blocks Diego Garcia asylum seekers detention hearing" 

Reports:

Deadly Failures: Preventable Deaths in U.S. Immigration Detention (American Civil Liberties Union, Physicians for Human Rights & American Oversight, June 2024) [text]

A Guide to Obtaining Release from Immigration Detention (National Immigration Project, June 2024) [text via ImmigrationProf Blog]

- Focuses on the US.

"Handcuffed like dangerous criminals": Arbitrary detention and forced returns of Sudanese refugees in Egypt (Amnesty International, June 2024) [access]

- Available in English and Arabic.

Liberty and Dignity: Amnesty International’s Observations on the Administrative Detention of Migrant and Asylum-Seeking People in Italy (Amnesty International, July 2024) [text]

"No Human Being Should Be Held Here": The Mistreatment of LGBTQ and HIV-Positive People in Federal Immigration Jails (Immigration Equality, National Immigrant Justice Center & Human Rights First, June 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Journal articles:

"Detained Immigration Courts," Virginia Law Review, vol. 110, no. 3 (2024) [full-text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Electronic incarceration: How digital surveillance targets immigrants," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

"Emerging from the shadows of authoritarianism: Immigration detention practices in Latin America," Routed Magazine (May 2024) [text]

"A Report on the Impact of Immigration Detention on the Health and Well-being of Refugees & Asylum Seekers: A meta-ethnography," Ethnographic Edge, vol. 71, no. 1 (2024) [open access]

Multimedia:

NZYQ, Liberty and the Future of Indefinite Detention, 2 May 2024 [access]

- Focuses on Australia.

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Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Detention (3 June 2024)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

Call for registration: Meaningful Refugee Participation Training, Online, 20 March 2024 OR 27 March 2024 [info]

- Organized by APRRN.

- **Note: Please note the corrected date for the first training indicated above!**

Short pieces:

By boat or by plane? If you’re seeking asylum in Australia, the outcome is similarly bleak (The Conversation, Feb. 2024) [text]

- See also related article in The Guardian.

Reports of Refoulement in Kyrgyzstan Amidst Fears of Shrinking Asylum Space (Immigration Detention Monitor, Feb. 2024) [text]

Strengthened Refugee Status Determination Process in Fiji (Fiji Govt., Feb. 2024) [text]

"UN calls for urgent relocation of 61 asylum seekers stranded on Indian Ocean island," The Guardian, 18 Feb. 2024 [text]

Using biometrics to support cash-based interventions for Afghan returnees (UNHCR, Feb. 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

​Afghanistan’s unfolding crisis: wellbeing and livelihoods of displaced people before and after the regime change (IIED, Feb. 2024) [text]

"COVID-19 preventive measures in Rohingya refugee camps: An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice," PLoS ONE 19(1): e0282558 (Jan. 2024) [open access]

"Denial from the other side: Experiences of racism as narrated by South Sudanese refugees in Australia," Discourse Studies, OnlineFirst, 9 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights and Protecting Displaced Populations through Human Rights Due Diligence: Recommendations for Taiwan," Innovation in the Social Sciences, Advance Articles, 5 Dec. 2023 [open access]

"Reflections on the multi-sectoral response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps," Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 32, no. 2 (June 2023) [open access]

"Supporting People Seeking Asylum in the Australian Community: A Service Provider Perspective," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 15 Feb. 2024 [open access]

"Triple marginalisation: The Plight of Rohingya refugees in India," Routed Magazine, no. 23 (Nov. 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (12 Feb. 2024)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Opportunities:

High-level meeting: 2023 Meeting on Rohingya Refugees: 'The Road to the Global Refugee Forum', Thailand, 17 October 2023 [info]

- Follow link for meeting-related documents.

Seminar: Decoding Justice: Data-driven insights into how refugee cases are decided in Australia, Online, 19 October 2023 [info]

Panel discussion: Data Driven Approaches to Refugee Litigation, Sydney/Online, 25 October 2023 [info]

Short pieces:

Pakistan intends to deport 1.7 million Afghans (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2023) [text]

- See also related Amnesty International article.

"UK territory accused of ‘unfair’ asylum screening after Tamil deportation U-turn," The New Humanitarian, 4 Oct. 2023 [text]

Why humanitarian aid is vital to Afghanistan (The Interpreter Blog, Sept. 2023) [text]

Why the government’s plan to overhaul the asylum system is a smart use of resources – and might just work (The Conversation, Oct. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Australia.

Reports & journal articles:

"Fragmented Afghan journeys towards Europe: Caught between insecure lives, precarious livelihoods and restrictive policies," Chapter in Moving Towards Europe: Diverse Trajectories and Multidimensional Drivers of Migration across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic (Peter Lang, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 41.

"Has immobility been left behind in migration regulatory infrastructures?," International Migration, Early View, 25 Sept. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Kyrgyzstan.

Implementing the Refugee Participation Pledge (Refugee Council of Australia, Oct. 2023) [text]

Research Snapshot: What are the impacts of providing cooking fuel in refugee camps? (ELRHA, Sept. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

"Social cohesion and reconciliation between the Rohingya and host communities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh," Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, EarlyCite, 3 Oct. 2023 [open access]

"The World Simply Gave Up": International Law and the Role of Non-State Entities in Humanitarian Evacuations in Afghanistan (Fordham Law School & Konrad-Adenaeur-Stiftung, Sept. 2023) [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (23 Sept. 2023)

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Northern Ethiopia peace deal restores hope for displaced (UNHCR, Feb. 2023) [text]

- See also related press release.

Record numbers of displaced Africans face worsening prospects (ISS Today, Feb. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Compatible Compacts? The 'social life' of vulnerability, migration governance and protection at the Zimbabwe-South Africa border (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2023) [text]

Creating digital toolkits tailored to regional contexts to promote the mobilization and engagement of communities affected by forced displacement (UNHCR, Feb. 2023) [text]

- See also French version.

Culture, context and mental health and psychosocial well-being of refugees and internally displaced persons from South Sudan (UNHCR, 2023) [text]

"Examination of Factors Predicting the Likelihood of Irregular Cross-border Migration Decision: Evidence from Ethiopia, Addis Ababa," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 16, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

The Role of Institutional Architecture in the Reception of Refugees in South Africa (PROTECT Project, Dec. 2022) [text]

South Sudan’s decades of displacement: Understanding return and questioning reintegration (Research & Evidence Facility & Samuel Hall, Jan. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report and three policy briefs on cross-border cooperation, gendered experiences and youth conflict. See also related blog post.

Tea in the Sahel: Clean cooking for Chad’s refugee settlements (WFP, Feb. 2023) [text]

- See also related assessment and evaluation summary.

Tendances migratoires à surveiller en Afrique en 2023 (Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Jan. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"That’s When the Nightmare Started": UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial Crimes (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2023) [text]

- See also French version.

"Who are you?": Linkages between Legal Identity and Housing, Land, and Property Rights in Somalia (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2022) [access]

- Follow link for report and policy brief.

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1 (20 Jan. 2023)

- Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 2 (20 Jan. 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

"Afghan Refugees Face Uncertainty in Central Asia," The Diplomat, 8 Sept. 2022 [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release.

"Boosting refugee and migrant voices in South Asia – a path forward," DW, 31 Aug. 2022 [text]

Data and Judicial Impartiality (Australian Public Law Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

"Diego Garcia: Where the Refugee Convention doesn’t apply," The New Humanitarian, 15 Sept. 2022 [text]

- Focuses on Tamil asylum seekers.

"How Australia’s ‘luck of the draw’ asylum system is leaving vulnerable people in limbo for years," The Guardian, 10 Sept. 2022 [text]

"India Needs to Enact a Domestic Refugee Law," The Diplomat, 7 Sept. 2022 [text]

"Japan’s Refugee System on Trial: Treatment of Ukrainians Belies Refugee Protection Principles," Nippon.com, 26 Aug. 2022 [text]

The right tools for a coherent regional response to forced migration (The Interpreter Blog, Sept, 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the Bali Process.

Stateless Rohingya continue to struggle for survival in Myanmar (UN Country Team in Myanmar, Sept. 2022) [text]

Strengthening Grassroots Advocacy in India in the COVID Era (Kaldor Centre, Sept. 2022) [text]

The World Should Protect Afghan Refugees Fleeing the Taliban’s Oppression (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Rohingya Crisis (26 Aug. 2022)

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1 (17 Aug. 2022)

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (17 Aug. 2022)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 1

Blog posts & press:

The ‘Biloela family’ are going home – but what will Labor do with thousands of other asylum seekers in limbo in Australia? (The Conversation, May 2022) [text]

"The BIOT: A judicial vacuum now consuming Tamil refugees," Al Jazeera, 1 June 2022 [text]

*The displacement challenge faced by Thailand, courtesy Myanmar (ORF, Jan. 2022) [text]

Government, UNHCR verify 1.3 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan (UNHCR, June 2022) [text]

How Korean law firms are leading changes for refugees (GCR Digital Platform, May 2022) [text]

*"India Crackdown Forces Rohingya Refugees to Go Underground, Flee to Bangladesh," VOA News, 7 June 2022 [text]

"Japan's Ukraine refugee policy criticized for putting politics over human rights," DW, 27 May 2022 [text]

Sri Lankan crisis: From economic setback to political upheaval (Raisina Debates, June 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing to India.

"Rohingya Refugees Need Sustained Support from International Community," The Diplomat, 1 June 2022 [text]

Symposium on Bangladesh Genocide and International Law: The Refugee Crisis in Context (Cambridge Intl. Law Journal Blog, May 2022) [text]

*"UN: Number of Displaced in Myanmar Tops 1 Million," VOA News, 1 June 2022 [text]

"Unwelcome Refugees: Afghans Continue to Face Pushback and Deportation," The Diplomat, 25 May 2022 [text]

"We have an opportunity to hit refresh on refugee policy," The Age, 30 May 2022 [text]

"Why are Rohingya Refugees Returning from India to Bangladesh?," The Diplomat, 3 June 2022 [text]

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Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (20 May 2022)