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Immigration Detention in Cyprus
For many years, Cyprus used prisons and police stations to detain migrants and asylum seekers. After years of criticism from NGOs and regional rights bodies like the Council of Europe, Cyprus opened its first specialised immigration detention facility in 2013. However, reports indicate the country continues to make use of police cells. There have also […]
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement – FOIA Case Number 07-FOIA-51185
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Catrina M. Pavlik-Keenan) – Letter to the Global Detention Project (Michael Flynn) 7 November 2007 […]
What’s the Deal at Manta?
The United States said it would restrict its activities at Manta to anti-drug efforts—so why is it messing with migrants and more? […]
The Elastic Frontier
Concurrent with high-profile border control efforts, the United States has been busy quietly formulating and putting in place a strategy aimed at pushing migrant interdiction, detention, and deterrence into neighboring countries. These beyond-the-border efforts have led some observers to describe what they see as the southward migration of the U.S.-Mexico border, or to call the […]
Searching for Safe Haven
Most of the world’s up-rooted are migrants—people who have left their countries in search of food, better living conditions, jobs, or to be with family members. Who deserves protection? What responsibilities should governments and the international community shoulder? How can refugee protection efforts be fine-tuned? What is the price we pay for not coming to […]
