Our interviews with deportees have been some of the heaviest we've ever done. The mass torture and banishment of our immigrant community members is among the gravest human rights crises of this era and our country's collective shame. We'll share their stories here this week.
We're on the ground in southern Mexico for two weeks with @P4HR and @LasAmericasIAC to interview deported immigrants. We've heard heartbreaking stories from people torn away from their families after decades in the U.S. and stranded with nothing in a country they don't know.
Many of the people we spoke with in southern Mexico were pressured to self-deport and abandon their U.S. immigration cases as the only way out of indefinite detention in hellish conditions. “I signed so I wouldn’t die in there,” a man told us.
I'm excited to launch the Human Impact Project, a tool we built to track immigration enforcement incidents and the human stories behind them. 3500+ incidents searchable by date, location, and 60+ tags. Updated daily. Any feedback is welcome. Please share!
https://t.co/Gxb5fOnU5Y
Climate change usually doesn’t cause migration directly, but it can contribute to broader factors
What does that look like? Researcher @JuliaNeusner explains on our podcast “Changing Climate, Changing Migration”
.@IRAP research finds that significant shares of asylum seekers & other migrants at the US-Mexico border experienced climate disasters. Yet #climatechange was rarely the top or sole factor for movement
Our podcast “Changing Climate, Changing Migration” spoke with @JuliaNeusner about the findings
JUST PUBLISHED: IRAP submitted comments on missing migrants to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants.
Read more:
https://t.co/PQ7TTM8t6s
Must read for White House, DHS, DOJ, other attorneys & officials: New UNHCR legal guidance on the Refugee Convention’s prohibition on penalties for irregular entry.
It applies to asylum bans, detention, interdiction, criminal entry prosecutions & more👇
https://t.co/oledrpfJhp
NEW: IRAP condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians, displaced people, and humanitarian workers, calls for ceasefire.
Full statement ⬇️
https://t.co/OgbB8n8BPg
I’m in New York for #ClimateWeekNYC but one of the things I’m most excited about is diving into this new @IRAP report by @JuliaNeusner.
Important new research on climate-related displacement in the Western hemisphere: https://t.co/YLgLgTYpDt
Excited to share that the report I wrote for @IRAP on the impacts of climate change on migrants and displaced people is out today! Based on over a year of research, it details how disasters have affected thousands of people seeking safety across borders in the Americas.
A U.S. court recently set a negative precedent for climate-displaced people seeking asylum in the U.S., but it should not dishearten proponents of expanding existing refugee protection frameworks to protect people displaced by climate change.
Read more about why climate and migration advocates should not be deterred from continuing to push on this issue:
https://t.co/UHQjtUb6Vh
To learn about the challenges faced by migrants in the Darién Gap and the dangerous route, read our report (
@WitnessBorder@quixotecenter Human Security Initiative @JuliaNeusner @KJBarber @redfranciscana ) on the need for safer pathways below.
https://t.co/FpXx4GNkVU
So proud to release this beautiful and devastating project in collaboration with the @colibricenter.
For 30 years, US border policies have killed and led to the disappearance of tens of thousands of mostly Indigenous, Brown, and Black people.
It's time for a new approach.
Proud to have collaborated on this report. On #WorldRefugeeDay we must remember our obligation to protect people forced to flee for safety and endeavor to keep #asylumseekers safe as they journey from the Darien Gap to the U.S. southern border. #AsylumIsAHumanRight!"
We are proud to have partnered with @WitnessBorder, @quixotecenter, @JuliaNeusner, @ImmDef, & @redfranciscana on "DANGER IN THE DARIÉN GAP: Human Rights Abuses and the Need for Humane Pathways to Safety."
The findings provide further evidence of U.S. deterrence policies … /1 🧵
2/ People crossing the Darién Gap face severe danger and abuse. Many recount being sexually assaulted, robbed, & suffering brutal violence, often with the complicity of Panamanian government officers. For example:
16/ This #WorldRefugeeDay, we urge the Panamanian government to protect vulnerable migrants & displaced people and call on the on the US and other regional governments to create safe & regular pathways to safety for people seeking cross-border protection in the Americas.