Reflecting the focus of this Special Issue on “Rule of Law and Human Mobility in the Age of the Global Compacts,” this article contributes to the discussion on the threats to the rule of law posed by immigration detention through the lens of the Global ...
Izabella Majcher
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Understanding US Immigration Detention: Reaffirming Rights and Addressing Social-Structural Determinants of Health [PDF]
A crisis of mass immigration detention exists in the United States, which is home to the world’s largest immigration detention system. The immigration detention system is legally classified as civil, rather than criminal, and therefore non-punitive.
Altaf Saadi +4 more
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The impact of immigration detention on mental health: a systematic review [PDF]
Background The number of asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people worldwide has increased dramatically over the past 5 years. Many countries are continuing to resort to detaining asylum seekers and other migrants, despite concerns that ...
M. von Werthern +6 more
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Do codes of ethics and position statements help guide ethical decision making in Australian immigration detention centres? [PDF]
Australian immigration detention has been called state sanctioned abuse and a crime against humanity. The Australian healthcare community has been closely involved with these policies, calling for their reform and working within detention centres to ...
Ryan Essex
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The impact of immigration detention on the health of asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Singer EK +5 more
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Locked down or locked up: 131 Days in immigration detention [PDF]
Talensby M.
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COVID-19 and Sites of Confinement: Public Health, Disposable Lives and Legal Accountability in Immigration Detention and Aged Care [PDF]
Sara Dehm, Claire Loughnan, Linda Steele
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Recently, some cases of human rights violations in immigration detention centers across Japan have attracted worldwide attention. Those inhumanely considered cases necessitated the United Nations expressing an opinion through the United Nations Working ...
Sari Anggaini, Kurniawaty Iskandar
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Perceived structural vulnerabilities among detained noncitizen immigrants in Minnesota.
Across several decades there has been an unprecedented increase in immigration enforcement including detention and deportation. Immigration detention profoundly impacts those experiencing detention and their family members.
Kazumi Tsuchiya +6 more
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The impact of immigration detention on the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers.
Studies consistently report that asylum seekers held in immigration detention have relatively high rates of mental distress, yet evidence of the long-term impact of immigration detention is limited.
W. Forrest, Z. Steel
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