United States of America

In May, eight men were flown from the United States to a U.S military facility in Djibouti, where they have since been detained in a converted shipping container. Here, detainees face extreme heat, lack of necessary medications, combat-esque movement restrictions, and poor quality air. The use of a military base for immigration detention related purposes, meanwhile, appears to be part of a wider U.S  trend, raising serious concerns for detainees’ fundamental rights.  […]

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