The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has issued a clear warning.

Bilateral migration deals that shift responsibility for asylum and migration governance onto African States risk "serious human rights violations."

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Observers cite concerns regarding these latest schemes, including weak safeguards and risks of refoulement, limited institutional capacity, an asylum system lacking readiness, lack of transparency, and risks of smuggling.

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In a new #UniversalPeriodicReview submission, the GDP, ONG JMED Niger, and REMIDDH raise concerns re #Niger’s detention of migrants & refugees — incl. criminalisation of irregular entry, poor conditions, & abuses in transit.

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🇧🇾 On 7 Aug, Belarus expelled a young Guinean mother — leaving her baby behind.

UN experts condemned this act, part of a broader pattern of using parent–child separation to control migrants and silence dissent.

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Ghana's Bundase Training Camp, the latest the US'
externalisation campaign, where detainees complain of lack of water and food, uncertain outcomes, and the loss of their hopes and dreams.
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In a joint submission with the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network to #CEDAW, we highlight urgent concerns re. the detention & refoulement of refugee & migrant women & girls in #India - incl: arbitrary and indefinite detention, poor conditions, & family separation.

Read more here👉 bit.ly/3DVEbV1

#Mauritania is committing an array of abuses against migrants and refugees – including arbitrary arrest and detention, collective expulsion, and inhumane detention conditions. All while receiving European 💰.

Our latest report provides a closer look: www.globaldetentionproject.org/submission-t...

Lawyers for Human Rights (SA): The immigration detention system in #SouthAfrica operates in a climate of secrecy.

Lack of transparent data shields harmful practices from public scrutiny, undermining accountability, policymaking, and democracy.

More: www.globaldetentionproject.org/south-africa...

Egypt "[Sudanese] refugees are being driven to leave bc they face harassment, detention, lack of documentation & almost no access to livelihoods or healthcare. Returning under these conditions is not a free choice but the result of coercion and despair" www.globaldetentionproject.org/sudanese-ref...

A landmark ECJ ruling has challenged Italy's offshore asylum processing in Albania by invalidating the automatic use of "safe country of origin" concept. May also impact new EU asylum rules & Member States' efforts to externalise migration management

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🚨 Earlier this month, the U.S deported 5 migrants to #Eswatini - where they were placed in solitary confinement. This appears to violate UN Convention against Torture—the U.S. State Dept itself has documented torture & extrajudicial killings there.

www.globaldetentionproject.org/deportations...