Published by the UN Refugee Agency in June 2022.
The UN Refugee Agency’s annual report, covering 2021, on statistical trends for refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced and stateless people. (Link at unhcr.org)
Published by the UN Refugee Agency in June 2022.
The UN Refugee Agency’s annual report, covering 2021, on statistical trends for refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced and stateless people. (Link at unhcr.org)
Published by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2022.
The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Biden administration’s ability to terminate the “Remain in Mexico” program while lower-court challenges continue. (Link at supremecourt.gov)
Published by CBP on June 29, 2022.
Lays out the agency’s plans to “Continually learn, evolve, and mature to ensure excellence in protecting the homeland with professionalism while maintaining public trust.” (Link at cbp.gov)
Published by WOLA on June 28, 2022.
The Texas tragedy highlighted a worsening trend of migrant deaths along the border, which result in large part from “prevention through deterrence” policies and Title 42.
Publicado por El Tiempo el 27 de junio de 2022.
The Colombian newspaper examines the situation of Colombian migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Published by WOLA on June 23, 2022.
A discussion of Latin America’s historic current levels of migration, commitments made at the Summit of the Americas, and what WOLA staff have seen during recent fieldwork at the U.S.-Mexico and Mexico-Guatemala borders.
Published by Reveal News on June 22, 2022.
Data show that migrant children in the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s system of contractor-run emergency shelters suffered severe mental health challenges.
Published by Refugees International on June 17, 2022.
A field research report from the beginning of the Darién Gap migration route, in northwest Colombia.
Published by Human Rights First on June 16, 2022.
The organization’s latest accounting, with statistics and anecdotal examples, of human rights abuses against asylum seekers that have resulted from U.S. government policies or actions.
Published by Politico Magazine on June 16, 2022.
Newly obtained data show that more than 650,000 children and teenagers were held in CBP custody between February 2017 and June 2021, including at least 220,000 who spent more than 72 hours in custody.
Published by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 15, 2022.
A monthly update provided to the U.S. District Court judge who ordered a restart of the Remain in Mexico program; includes statistics about migration at the border in May. (Link at documentcloud.org)
Published by the Associated Press on June 14, 2022.
Charter tour operators are making large sums of money flying Haitian migrants back out of their country after the U.S. government expels them.
Published by the Guardian on June 14, 2022.
Former Border Patrol agent Jenn Budd, author of Against the Wall, writes about her harrowing experience in the agency and about the 2010 killing of migrant Anastasio Hernández-Rojas.
Published by the White House on June 10, 2022.
A summary of the declaration signed at the June 2022 Summit of the Americas, including some of the commitments that countries around the region made to address migration. (Link at whitehouse.gov)
Published by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 8, 2022.
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 8 that a U.S. citizen could not sue a Border Patrol agent who assaulted him. (Link at supremecourt.gov)
Published by the ACLU of New Mexico on June 7, 2022.
The first-ever public copy of an incident report from one of Border Patrol’s controversial Critical Incident Teams, regarding a fatal August 2021 vehicle pursuit near El Paso. (Link at documentcloud.org)
Published by Human Rights Watch on June 6, 2022.
A field report on abuses of migrant rights in Mexico’s southern-border city of Tapachula, focusing on the asylum-seeking migrant population stranded there.
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on June 6, 2022.
An oversight report finds that Border Patrol’s data on checkpoint drug seizures is reliable, but that the agency keeps poor records on “other checkpoint activity data, including on apprehensions of smuggled people and canine assists with drug seizures.” (Link at gao.gov)
Published by the New York Times on June 5, 2022.
A photo essay of recent border crossings, and of conditions in shelters on the Mexican side of the border.
Publicado por la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos, 3 de junio de 2022.
The Mexican government’s human rights ombusdman reports on the human rights aspects of attempts to form migrant caravans in 2021. (Link at cndh.org.mx)
Published by WOLA on June 2, 2022.
Report on a March 2022 research visit to Tapachula, near Mexico’s border with Guatemala, where large numbers of asylum-seeking migrants are stranded by U.S. and Mexican policies.