Trinidad and Tobago has a long track record placing children and families in immigration detention, including children fleeing nearby Venezuela, and the country has no legal provision prohibiting the detention of children and their families. Although not detained in the country’s sole dedicated immigration detention centre in Aripo, child migrants and refugees and their families […]
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Tajikistan: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
In partnership with the International Legal Initiative (ILI), the GDP has submitted information to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) highlighting the country’s detention and deportation of child refugees and asylum seekers. This submission was prepared ahead of the CRC’s upcoming 101st session, due to be held in August-September 2026. […]
Lebanon: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Lebanon’s legal framework for immigration enforcement does not provide protection to children, leaving migrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking children vulnerable to detention, imprisonment, and expulsion. In a joint submission, the GDP and CLDH highlighted concerns to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, ahead of its preparation of its List of Issues Prior to Reporting. […]
