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Detention under scrutiny [PDF]
Seeking asylum is not an unlawful act, yet asylum seekers and refugees are increasingly detained and interned around the world, suffering not only deprivation of liberty but also other abuses of their human rights.
Alice Edwards
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Deradicalizing Detained Terrorists
Deradicalization of terrorists constitutes a critical component of the global “war on terror.” Unfortunately, little is known about deradicalization programs, and evidence for their effectiveness is derived solely from expert impressions and potentially flawed recidivism rates.
Webber, David +7 more
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Voices from inside Australia’s detention centres [PDF]
At the heart of the asylum debate in Australia there is little sense of the individual in question. People who had previously been asylum seekers in immigration detention (and are now Australian permanent residents) express in their own words the impact ...
Melissa Phillips
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Detaining asylum seekers [PDF]
The recent hunger strike by asylum seekers detained at Rochester prison has brought to public attention the British government's practice of detaining some of those seeking political asylum. Between 750 and 800 such people are in British prisons or detention centres at any one time. Some remain detained for over a year. This practice is neither humane,
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Security rhetoric and detention in South Africa [PDF]
The South Africa example is instructive in demonstrating both the limits and the dangers of the increasing reliance on detention as a migration management tool.
Roni Amit
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Be careful what you wish for [PDF]
Can the promotion of liberal norms have an unintended – and damaging – impact on how states confront the challenges of irregular immigration?
Michael Flynn
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No change: foreigner internment centres in Spain [PDF]
Draft regulations for the running of Spain’s Foreigner Internment Centres fall far short of the hopes and demands of those campaigning for better guarantees of the rights of detainees.
Cristina Manzanedo
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Detention monitoring newly established in Japan [PDF]
Recently established monitoring committees in Japan are opening new channels of communication and opportunities for improvements in detention facilities.
Naoko Hashimoto
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Do higher standards of detention promote well-being? [PDF]
Sweden is generally considered to have high standards of immigrant detention. However, a recent study conducted in Swedish detention centres suggests that irrespective of the high standards life in detention still poses a huge threat to the health and ...
Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil +2 more
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Women: the invisible detainees [PDF]
Research by the Women’s Refugee Commission into immigration detention of women in the US explores why and how differences in treatment between detained men and women matter.
Michelle Brané, Lee Wang
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