2/3 In March, more than 260 people were deported and placed in the facility under the US’s controversial agreement with El Salvador, which critics argue was “carefully orchestrated to keep courts in the dark.”

3/3 The scheme is the latest in the US administration’s efforts to massively weaponise immigration detention and deportation measures, as well as to externalise migration controls beyond its borders, which have included the aborted attempt to ramp up detention in Guantanamo.

Despite an interim measure from the UN Human Rights Committee, #Türkiye continues to detain Mr. Almustafa in order to deport him. Today, the Committee reiterated: no deportation, full access to his lawyer, and no mistreatment in violation of human rights standards. This

Libya Ukraine Yemen: “The bombing of the detention centre in Yemen reminds us of the extreme vulnerability of immigration detainees...There is an urgent need to assess gaps in protections, including releasing of all detainees who are close to combat zones" globaldetentionproject.org/yemen-us-airst…

#Russia by Global Detention Project: Weaponising Immigration Policies to Push Migrants into War and Launching a New “Expulsion Regime” globaldetentionproject.org/russia-weaponi…

#immigrationdetentionmonitor US plans to deport migrants to Libya are in line with its efforts to deport as many people as possible regardless of judicial oversight to countries across the globe, including Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Rwanda. globaldetentionproject.org/libya-the-late…

#immigrationdetentionmonitor Greece: Growing Pressure to End Pushbacks and Prevent Abuses in Migrant Detention Sites globaldetentionproject.org/greece-growing…

In House of the Dead Dostoevsky writes “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” But what about immigration detention, which is intended to disappear people from society? Read about our work to end arbitrary detention globaldetentionproject.org/2024-annual-re…

#AlligatorAlcatraz - Intended to confine up to 3,000 people–which alone would exceed nearly all other immigration detention systems in the world–the new facility is reportedly comprised of several tents despite being located in a hurricane-prone region globaldetentionproject.org/countries/amer…

House Democrats have swiftly condemned the new facility, calling for its closure and citing it as an example of the administration’s “shameful, dehumanizing approach to immigration.” globaldetentionproject.org/countries/amer…

Since Oman’s 3rd periodic review by the UPR Working Group, the gov. has taken important steps , incl. adopting the 2023 Labour Law. But serious protection gaps persist. Vulnerable groups—esp. migrant domestic workers—continue to face a heightened risk of detention & deportation

In our submission to the UPR, we urge Oman to ensure that the 2023 Labour Law is extended to cover migrant domestic workers–& to suspend the arrest and detention of migrant workers accused of “absconding” globaldetentionproject.org/oman-submissio…

The United States is rapidly expanding its immigration detention system. Detention Watch Network (DWN) has developed a useful map depicting the Trump administration's multi-layered expansion plan: google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie… #CommunitiesNotCages

This month at the GDP 🟢 Spotlight on migrant domestic workers’ detention risks in #Oman & mass Afghan deportations from #Iran 🟢 #Mexico’s history of masking punitive migration management w/ “semantic gymnastics” 🟢 Advocacy success at the UN preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview…

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The State Department was told to cut from its human rights reports info on election integrity, corruption and the expulsion of refugees. interc.pt/4ljTBML

A landmark ECJ ruling has challenged Italy's offshore asylum processing in Albania by invalidating the automatic use of "safe country of origin" concept - it may also impact new EU asylum rules & Member States' efforts to externalise migration management globaldetentionproject.org/european-court…