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Refugee Rights Program Director at Human Rights Watch

Washington, DC
Joined March 2012

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    The $951 million appeal to meet the immediate needs of more than 880,000 refugees and over 330,000 Bangladeshis in communities affected by the crisis is just 21% funded

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  2. "The order exchanges 1 harmful approach for another. Instead of forcibly separating families, it would detain families together indefinitely...in the custody of the Defense Dept...The armed forces aren’t child-care providers, and they shouldn’t have to be"

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    2013 📈 2014 📈 2015 📈 2016 📈 2017 📈 For the 5th year in a row, the number of people forcibly displaced reached a new high.

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  4. The face (or should I say back) of empathy and compassion from the White House on the First Lady's trip to visit an immigrant children's detention shelter:

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    18 hours ago

    Emotional scenes as migrant mother and son from Guatemala, who were separated crossing the U.S. border, are finally reunited at BWI Airport in Maryland after a month apart.

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  6. “The idea 4 offshore migrant processing centres remains sketchy, w/ numerous political, practical & legal questions unanswered. It remains unclear, 4 example, whether migrants on a rescue ship in European waters could be returned 2 a north African country"

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    17 hours ago

    A boy turns 6, locked up with strangers, not knowing when he’ll see his mother again. explains why Trump’s new order still gravely damages children and families seeking safety

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  8. Hungary: New Law Makes Helping Migrants a Crime via

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    15 hours ago

    Since January 2017, the Trump administration has refused to issue key data on ICE’s immigration enforcement activities via

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  10. . has traditionally been led by an American. But..., if elected, will Ken Isaacs represent the values of the UN system or those of the president that nominated him? ()

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  11. "While the govt claims the law was created 4 border security..., its true purpose is 2 silence critics of the country’s despicable treatment of asylum seekers & migrants, 2 block their access 2 asylum & 2 punish those who show solidarity w/ asylum seekers"

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    Jun 21

    This newspaper for children interviewed for to talk about how can help welcome

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  13. Jun 21

    So glad the US approves of Ethiopia’s efforts to host refugees - if only the Trump administration would let more people fleeing persecution seek refuge here (46 Syrian refugees admitted in the first 8 months of this fiscal year).

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  14. Jun 21

    "The decision to walk away is in keeping with Mr. Trump’s lack of interest in human rights elsewhere, glad-handing autocrats and dictators with nary a word about their bone-crushing repressions."

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  15. Jun 21

    In another context, Mayor De Blasio said, “Everyone deserves a second chance.” But his immigrant legal aid 'carve-out' denies immigrants a second chance by excluding those who need it the most."

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    Jun 20

    Political Scientists Baffled By Trump’s Ability To End Something He Had No Control Over Just Days Ago

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    Jun 20

    One step, and not enough. Congress is not off the hook till every family is reunited, and the lawless "zero tolerance" policy of prosecuting people for requesting asylum - a right under US law - ends.

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    Jun 20

    Here is what the US code says about applying for asylum (explicitly saying that it doesn't have to be at a designated port of entry).

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  19. Jun 20

    “Other people here complain about having to wait in line for food. And for me, I can't even access a toilet” Mohammed, 22-year old refugee w physical on Lesbos, Greece. On , let’s not forget refugees with disabilities.

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    Jun 20

    When doctors looked at ICE records of people who died in immigration detention, they were appalled. Poor medical care contributed to more than half of the deaths: extreme delays, botched emergency response, failure to treat symptoms of serious illnesses

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