While there was a growing number of people by the late 1990s who recognised the significance of internal displacement and were actively lobbying for greater international attention, there was as yet very little research on the topic. Since then, a…
For over 20 years, Kenya has been hosting refugees of different nationalities from across the region and is home to one of the biggest refugee camps in the world. Very few African countries can claim to have an asylum regime…
غالباً ما يُنظر إلى احتجاز المهاجرين في الخطاب الحكومي على أنَّه من الأمور التافهة التي لا يُلقى لها بال. ففي عام 2012، على سبيل المثال، وصف وزير الهجرة الكندي ياسون كيني أكبر مركز احتجاز للمهاجرين في كندا على أنَّه "أساساً…
La detención migratoria suele ser trivializada en el discurso gubernamental. En 2012, por ejemplo, el Ministro de Inmigración de Canadá, Jason Kenney, describió el centro de detención migratoria más grande de Canadá como “básicamente un hotel de dos estrellas con…
La détention à des fins d’immigration est souvent banalisée dans le discours des gouvernements. En 2012, par exemple, le Ministre canadien de l’immigration, Jason Kenney décrivait le centre de détention pour immigrés le plus important du Canada comme étant «dans…
As logistics accounts for between 60% and 80% of emergency programme costs, donors increasingly are encouraging consolidation of supply chains that all actors can use. Governments are also likely to increase the use of military and civil defence logistics assets…
Children should not be detained for migration/immigration purposes. There are alternatives, and the International Development Coalition[1] has developed a model for preventing the immigration detention of children, based on three fundamental principles: children who are refugees, asylum seekers or irregular…
Non-discrimination is a founding principle of international human rights law. It is enshrined in a range of international treaties including the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which states that discrimination against women…
Detainees in Sweden's detention centres often express a lack of understanding of why they are being detained. In light of this, the Swedish Red Cross recently examined the implementation of detention legislation, focusing on the justification of the grounds for…
Since 2008 the British government has been deporting young Afghans back to Afghanistan, supporting its forcible return programme with an assistance programme intended to facilitate sustainable reintegration. However, interviews with 50 deportees in 2008 and again in 2011[1] indicated a…