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August 30, 2021 Letter

Groups Urge Biden Administration to Halt Deportation Flights to Haiti

Residents help Team Rubicon's disaster response team unload aid at the airport from a US Army helicopter to take to the hospital where the team is treating residents injured in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, August 19, 2021.

August 26, 2021 News Release

US: Supreme Court Ruling Endangers Asylum Seekers

Biden Administration Should Maintain Course to End ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program

August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights on Qatar

69th Pre-Session

Skyline with the skyscrapers in the financial area of Doha, the capital of Qatar. © 2017 Sergi Reboredo/AP Images

August 24, 2021 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Mauritania

69th Pre-Session

August 18, 2021 News Release

Australia: Prioritize Protection for Fleeing Afghans

Increase Humanitarian Aid, Support UN Reporting on Abuses

Two children walk by armed soldiers in the countryside

August 6, 2021 Letter

178 Groups Denounce Biden Administration's Continued Violation of Refugee Protections

Administration Must Direct Immediate Actions to Uphold US Refugee Law and Treaty Obligations

Migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork to meet with an attorney on Oct. 5, 2019, during a weekly trip by volunteers, lawyers, paralegals and interpreters to the migrant campsite outside El Puente Nuevo in Matamoros, Mexico.

August 2, 2021 News Release

Croatia/EU: Strengthen Border Monitoring System

Effective Mechanism Needed: Independent, Broad Mandate, Adequate Resources

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015.

August 2, 2021 Dispatches

Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk During Monsoon

Crowded Camp Conditions, Lack of Permanent Shelters

Rohingya refugees repair a shelter damaged following heavy rains at the refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh on July 28, 2021.

July 29, 2021 News Release

Greece: Stop Denying Refugee Children an Education

Ensure All Asylum-Seeking Children Are Enrolled in Coming School Year

A refugee girl living in a camp near Athens.

July 23, 2021 Dispatches

Biden Tells Central American Asylum Seekers to Stay Home

When Lives Are Threatened, Waiting for Protection May Not Be an Option

President Joe Biden speaks at a CNN town hall at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, OH on July 21, 2021.

July 22, 2021 Dispatches

China Restarts Forced Returns of Refugees to North Korea

At Least 1,170 North Koreans Face Torture, Sexual Abuse if Sent Back

Photos of the North Korean refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea on June 11, 2019.

July 22, 2021 Statement

NGOs urge, European countries should immediately cease all deportations to Afghanistan

July 22, 2021 Dispatches

Greek Authorities Target NGOs Reporting Abuses against Migrants

Criminal Investigations Risk Chilling Civil Society

A dinghy with migrants, left, with Turkish ships in the background, in the narrow stretch of water between the eastern Greek island of Lesbos and the Turkish coast on April 2, 2021.

July 21, 2021 Dispatches

Biden Border Expulsions Continue to Harm Asylum Seekers

Delayed Reforms Endanger LGBT, Black, Other Adults Traveling Alone

Honduran men cross into the United States to begin the asylum process Monday, July 5, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. The administration of President Joe Biden continues to turn away thousands of asylum seekers under the illegal and discriminatory Title 42 summary expulsion policy.