Coronavirus and Immigration Detention in Europe: The Short Summer of Abolitionism?
In managing the coronavirus pandemic, national authorities worldwide have implemented significant re-bordering measures. This has even affected regions that had dismantled bordering practices decades ago, e.g., EU areas that lifted internal borders in ...
José A. Brandariz +1 more
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Suicide rates of migrants in United States immigration detention (2010-2020). [PDF]
Objective We determined the annual suicide rate of migrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the past decade. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of the annual suicide rates for ICE detainees from federal ...
Erfani P +4 more
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Living Near an Immigration Detention Center: Impact on Latinas' Health. [PDF]
There is ample evidence that exposure to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities could widen Latinas’ health disparities. Whether or not residing near an ICE detention center (IDC) further impacts their health is unknown.
Joachim-Célestin M +2 more
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Approaching pediatric mental health screening and care in immigration detention [PDF]
Summary: Children held in US immigration detention facilities often arrive with significant mental health conditions requiring prompt attention. Despite the abundance of literature highlighting the need for adequate mental health care in migrant children,
Shela Sridhar +5 more
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UK offshore immigration detention: why the medical community should act now. [PDF]
In late September, reports emerged that the UK government had been drawing up plans to hold asylum seekers in detention centres overseas. Several news outlets reported on leaked government documents revealing ‘potential offshoring of asylum processing ...
Essex R +3 more
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Australian immigration detention health study protocol: a prospective, mixed-methods cohort study examining the physical and mental health of refugees and asylum seekers [PDF]
Introduction Globally, studies have consistently demonstrated the harmful mental and physical health impacts of immigration detention, with high levels of distress documented among detained asylum seekers and refugees (ASR).
Susan Rees +4 more
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Immigration detention: An Anglo model [PDF]
Over the last twenty-five years, immigration detention policies and practices have proliferated around the globe. We look at four liberal democratic countries with the largest immigration detention systems—Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States—and identify components of an immigration detention policy ‘package’ as well as ...
Mainwaring, Cetta, Cook, Maria L.
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From Borders to Cells: The Evolution of British Immigration Detention, 1905-1970
This research paper examines the historical development of immigration detention in the UK, tracing its roots back to the Aliens Act of 1905. It highlights how wartime internments, particularly during WWI and WWII, normalized the detention of foreign ...
Samuel Malby
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Menstrual Justice in Immigration Detention
The menstrual injustices experienced by noncitizens detained in immigration facilities – a particularly vulnerable subset of menstruators in carceral spaces – are largely ignored. Menstruating detainees are forced to rely on the immigration system to provide adequate access to menstrual products, and on detention facilities to engage in safe ...
Gomez, Valeria, Karin, Marcy L.
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