In a policy brief released yesterday, the United Nations Network on Migration’s Working Group on Alternatives to Detention explores urgently needed practical recommendations, providing guidance for States and stakeholders on preventing and responding to Covid-19 within the context of immigration detention. By focusing on the development of non-custodial alternatives based in the community, the brief highlights steps that several governments have already taken to swiftly release migrants from detention and to provide access to healthcare, housing, and other services regardless of migration status. Read more.
