Asylum and Detention

March 18, 2008
Summary of UNHCR Report on 2007 Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialised Countries

February 15, 2008
"Asylum Law and Female Genital Mutilation: Recent Developments"
Congressional Research Service

February 13, 2008
LIRS Statement for House February 13 2008 Immigration Subcommittee Hearing

January 11, 2008
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children Press Release on New Family Detention Standards

November 20, 2007
Protecting the Most Vulnerable: A Call to Action On Behalf of Detained Children, NGO Statement on the Occasion of Universal Children's Day. See press release

November 15, 2007
Human Rights First Letter to Julie Meyers, Assistant Secretary, ICE, DHS, in regards to the new ICE Directive on Parole of Asylum-Seekers

November 12, 2007
Human Rights First Press Statement on ICE Parole Directive

November 6, 2007
New ICE Parole Directive for Asylum-Seekers

A Research Guide on Human Rights Standards Relevant to the Detention of Migrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees, Amnesty International, November 1, 2007

"Hutto Settlement a First Good Step; Lack of National Family Standards and Alternatives to Detention Remain a Concern," Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, August 28, 2007

ACLU Challenges Prison-Like Conditions at Hutto Detention Center, ACLU, August 28, 2007

"LIRS Celebrates the Release of Children, Improved Conditions Recommended in LIRS Report," LIRS, August 31, 2007

"Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families," Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, February 2007 (external link)

Children Not Counted Just Don't Count, International Detention Coalition, June 20, 2007

2005 Report on Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, February 8, 2005 (external link)