Global Detention Project Newsletter
July-August 2016
NEW SUBMISSIONS
Submission on Honduras to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers
Submission on Mexico to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers
NEW WORKING PAPERS
The Impact of Investigative Journalism on U.S. Immigration Detention Reform
By Nina Bernstein
Engaging Governments on Alternatives to Detention
By Grant Mitchell
RECENT GDP ACTIVITIES
“Rethinking the Global Refugee Protection System”
In July, the GDP’s Executive Director participated in a high-level conference hosted by the Center for Migration Studies (CMS) in New York on assessing ways to improve global refugee protection efforts. The GDP presentation was titled “Immigration Detention, Non-State Actors, and the Abdication of Sovereign Responsibility.” For more information about the event and related activities, see the CMS website “US and Global Refugee Protection System.”
“The Future of Refugee Law?”
The GDP’s Associate Researcher presented a paper titled “Outsourcing Refugee Protection to Turkey and Other Third Countries” at the annual Refugee Law Initiative conference, which was held at the University of London on 29 June-1 July. More information about the event is available here.
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The GDP was invited to participate in an informal meeting on 29 August between the WGAD and civil society partners to exchange ideas on issues related to the Working Group’s work and to discuss upcoming events marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the WGAD’s mandate.
Georgia Southern University
The GDP’s Executive Director gave a presentation to faculty and students at Georgia Southern University titled “Immigration Detention Systems: A Global View” (Statesboro, Georgia, 18 August 2016). The event was co-hosted by the Departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, and International Studies. More information available here.
GDP ON THE RECORD
“El Gobierno creó un centro de detención de migrantes: alarma entre organismos de DDHH”
Report (in Spanish) about the announcement of the creation of Argentina’s first dedicated immigration detention center.
Politica Argentina, 26 August 2016
“Detention Centers: A Legal No-Man’s Land?”
BFM Radio (Malaysia), 25 August 2016
“Columna de migración, sobre la creación de un centro de detención para migrantes”
Interview (in Spanish) about new the detention center in Argentina.
Radio FM La Tribu (Argentina), 24 August 2016
“Behind the Walls of Malaysian Detention Centers”
BFM Radio (Malaysia), 24 August 2016
“Immigration detention reform: A chance to lead”
Postmedia Network & Ifpress.com, 16 August 2016
“Immigration detainees on hunger strike demand meeting with
CBC News (Toronto), 12 July 2016
“What Will Today’s Immigration Detention Centers Look Like to Future Americans?”
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2016
“Immigration Detention in Greece and the UK”
By Mary Bosworth and Adriana Fili
In Detaining the Immigrant Other: Global and Transnational Issues (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016)
Introduction to Carceral spaces: Mobility and agency in imprisonment and migrant detention
By Dominique Moran, Deirdre Conlon, and Nick Gill
In Carceral spaces: Mobility and agency in imprisonment and migrant detention (Routledge 2016)
