We found 894 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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Persistent Needs and Gaps: the Protection of LGBTI Refugees
September 9, 2010
In all regions of the world people continue to flee their homes on account of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Criminal sanctions in over…
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Few Tangible Changes for Detainees as ICE Detention Reforms Anniversary Approaches
August 6, 2010
Washington, DC One year after U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced its intention to reform the immigration detention system, Human Rights First is urging the…
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January 2009-Asylum News
July 2, 2010
Mukasey Decision on Matter of Compean Reverses the Well Understood Notion that Asylum Seekers Have a Right to Legal Counsel In the final days of…
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What You Can Do on World Refugee Day
June 17, 2010
In the lead-up to World Refugee Day this Sunday, the UN refugee agency released new figures. There are 15 million refugees fleeing persecution worldwide. Over…
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Senators Introduce Bill Strengthening U.S. Commitment to Refugees
March 15, 2010
Washington, DC Human Rights First today praised Senators Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) and Carl Levin (D-MI) for their introduction of the Refugee Protection Act of 2010,…
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Ugandan Bill is Latest Chapter in Long Story of Fight and Flight for LGBT Protection
January 20, 2010
By Jesse Bernstein Senior Associate Refugee Protection Program Crossposted from Huffington Post. From the opinion pages of the world’s most influential newspapers to the hallways of…
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Detention Reform – Still Lacking Due Process
August 24, 2009
Still getting press play: the planned overhaul of the immigration detention system announced by the Department of Homeland Security a couple of weeks ago. It’s…
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Will the immigration detention system finally get the reforms it desperately needs?
August 7, 2009
Recent developments signal that real reform of the immigration detention system may finally be on the horizon. Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced…
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Important Detention Reform Bill Introduced Last Week in Senate
August 3, 2009
Some positive news in detention reform today: In an effort to protect U.S. citizens and green card holders from being mistakenly detained and deported, today…
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Great News for Battered Women Seeking Asylum
July 16, 2009
New paths have opened for abused women seeking asylum in the United States. Read more in a New York Times article today. Read More
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Art Spiegelman cartoon in Washington Post cites Human Rights First report
June 22, 2009
Check out this Art Spiegelman cartoon in the Washington Post on refugees. It cites a recent Human Rights First report on the detention of asylum seekers. In this visual…
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Report Finds U.S. Often Greets Asylum Seekers with Prison, not Protection
April 30, 2009
Washington, DC – Since 2003, U.S. immigration authorities have spent more than $300 million to detain over 48,000 asylum seekers in U.S. prisons and prison-like facilities…