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FMR 44 Predisposed to cooperate

Recent research in Toronto and Geneva indicates that asylum seekers and refugees are predisposed to be cooperative with the refugee status determination (RSD) system and other immigration procedures.

FMR 44 Thinking outside the fence

The way in which we think about detention can shape our ability to consider the alternatives. What is needed is a shift in thinking away from place-based control and towards risk assessment, management and targeted enforcement.

FMR 44 Immigration detention: looking at the alternatives

Endangering the health and well-being of people by detaining them is unnecessary; governments can instead use community-based alternatives that are more dignified for migrants and more cost-effective for states.

FMR 44 Do higher standards of detention promote well-being?

Sweden is generally considered to have high standards of immigrant detention. Irrespective of the high standards life in detention still poses a huge threat to the health and wellbeing of detained irregular migrants.

FMR 44 Women: the invisible detainees

Research by the Women's Refugee Commission into immigration detention of women in the US explores why and how differences in treatment between men and women in detention matter.

FMR 44 A last resort in cases of wrongful detention and deportation in Africa

Where this is no viable forum to address human rights violations by African states, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights will consider such violations.

FMR 44 Detention in Kenya: risks for refugees and asylum seekers

Refugees and asylum seekers detained in Kenya risk multiple convictions and protracted detention due to poor coordination between immigration officials, police and prison officers.

FMR 44 Detention of women: principles of equality and non-discrimination

International principles of equality and non-discrimination must be applied to the UK's immigration detention system, which at present fails to meet even the minimum standards which apply in prisons.

FMR 44 Security rhetoric and detention in South Africa

The South Africa example is instructive in demonstrating both the limits and the dangers of the increasing reliance on detention as a migration management tool.

FMR 44 New European standards

On 29 June 2013 the amended 'Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)' became law.

FMR 44 Threats to liberty in Germany

Those seeking asylum in Germany face fast-track assessments, risk of immediate detention and deportation, and lengthy stays in 'communal shelters' scattered throughout Germany.

FMR 44 Closed detention in the Czech Republic: on what grounds?

Despite relatively good conditions in the Czech Republic's closed detention facilities, serious questions should be asked about the justification for detention.

FMR 44 My story: indefinite detention in the UK

When I fled civil war to come to the UK, I thought that I would be free but instead of helping me, the UK detained me for three years.

FMR 44 A return to the Pacific Solution

Over the last 50 years, Australian governments have introduced a range of measures that seek to deter asylum seekers. Current practice sees asylum seekers once again detained in offshore detention in neighbouring countries.

FMR 44 Be careful what you wish for

Can the promotion of liberal norms have an unintended and damaging impact on how states confront the challenges of irregular immigration?

FMR 44 Detention monitoring newly established in Japan

Recently established monitoring committees in Japan are opening new channels of communication and opportunities for improvements in detention facilities.

FMR 44 No change: foreigner internment centres in Spain

Draft regulations for the running of Spain's Foreigner Internment Centres fall far short of the hopes and demands of those campaigning for better guarantees of the rights of detainees.

FMR 44 Captured childhood

States should develop alternatives to immigration detention to ensure that children are free to live in a community-based setting throughout the resolution of their immigration status.

FMR 44 The impact of immigration detention on children

States often detain children without adequate attention to international law and in conditions that can be inhumane and damaging. Asylum-seeking and refugee children must have their rights protected.

FMR 44 Health at risk in immigration detention facilities

Since 2004 Médecins Sans Frontières has provided medical and psychosocial support for asylum seekers and migrants held in different immigration detention facilities across Europe.

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