Immigration detention and children: Rights still ignored, two years later

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Justine N. Stefanelli

Every year, thousands of people are detained in United States immigration detention centers. Built to prison specifications and often run by private companies, these detention centers have long been criticized by academics and advocacy groups. Problems such as overcrowding and lack of access to basic healthcare and legal representation have plagued individuals in detention centers for years. These failings have been illuminated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately impacted detained migrants. Against a human rights backdrop, this article will examine how the U.S. immigration detention system has proven even more problematic in the context of the pandemic and offer insights to help avoid similar outcomes in the future.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Smita Ghosh ◽  
Mary Hoopes

Drawing upon an analysis of congressional records and media coverage from 1981 to 1996, this article examines the growth of mass immigration detention. It traces an important shift during this period: while detention began as an ad hoc executive initiative that was received with skepticism by the legislature, Congress was ultimately responsible for entrenching the system over objections from the agency. As we reveal, a critical component of this evolution was a transformation in Congress’s perception of asylum seekers. While lawmakers initially decried their detention, they later branded them as dangerous. Lawmakers began describing asylum seekers as criminals or agents of infectious diseases in order to justify their detention, which then cleared the way for the mass detention of arriving migrants more broadly. Our analysis suggests that they may have emphasized the dangerousness of asylum seekers to resolve the dissonance between their theoretical commitments to asylum and their hesitance to welcome newcomers. In addition to this distinctive form of cognitive dissonance, we discuss a number of other implications of our research, including the ways in which the new penology framework figured into the changing discourse about detaining asylum seekers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
José A. Brandariz ◽  
Cristina Fernández-Bessa

In managing the coronavirus pandemic, national authorities worldwide have implemented significant re-bordering measures. This has even affected regions that had dismantled bordering practices decades ago, e.g., EU areas that lifted internal borders in 1993. In some national cases, these new arrangements had unexpected consequences in the field of immigration enforcement. A number of European jurisdictions released significant percentages of their immigration detention populations in spring 2020. The Spanish administration even decreed a moratorium on immigration detention and closed down all detention facilities from mid-spring to late summer 2020. The paper scrutinises these unprecedented changes by examining the variety of migration enforcement agendas adopted by European countries and the specific forces contributing to the prominent detention decline witnessed in the first months of the pandemic. Drawing on the Spanish case, the paper reflects on the potential impact of this promising precedent on the gradual consolidation of social and racial justice-based migration policies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-287
Author(s):  
Piyal Sen ◽  
Grace Crowley ◽  
Claira Moro ◽  
Karen Slade ◽  
Al Aditya Khan ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Galuh Hanesty Gunawan ◽  
Zahra Putri Listari ◽  
Nurliana Cipta Apsari

Setiap anak di dunia memiliki hak dasar yang sejak lahir harus dipenuhi dan dilindungi. Tidak terpenuhinya hak anak merupakan suatu pelanggaran dan termasuk kedalam suatu permasalahan karena pemenuhan dan perlindungan kepada hak-hak anak merupakan hal yang penting. Permasalahan mengenai isu anak masih tetap ada hingga saat ini. Maka Save The Children sebagai lembaga internasional yang bergerak dalam kesejahteraan anak hadir dalam membantu mengatasi permasalahan tersebut. Lembaga Save The Children yang hadir di berbagai negara di dunia juga berperan sebagai lembaga yang kuat dan berkeadilan sesuai dengan tujuan SDGs ke 16. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode literature review yang bertujuan untuk melihat dan mengetahui peran Save The Children dalam upaya perlindungan dan pemenuhan hak dasar anak di negara Inggris dan Indonesia. Pencarian literature review menggunakan google scholar dan SAGE dengan kata kunci Save The Children, Perlindungan Hak Anak/Child Protection, Children Rights dan SDGs nomor 16. Berdasarkan hasil literature review yang dilakukan, Save The Children merupakan salah satu bentuk kelembagaan yang kuat untuk menciptakan keadaan yang damai dan adil sesuai dengan SDGs poin 16 dalam hal ini pada perlindungan dan pemenuhan hak dasar anak. Di Inggris, Save The Children memiliki gerakan dalam upaya perlindungan anak dengan membantu anak-anak yang berada dalam konflik, eksploitasi, atau diabaikan. Save The Children Indonesia memiliki peran dalam perlindungan anak, kemiskinan anak, tata kelola anak, pendidikan, kesehatan dan nutrisi, aksi kemanusiaan, dan advokasi. Save The Children juga memiliki peran dalam mewadahi praktik pekerjaan sosial dengan menyediakan layanan yang membantu advokasi atau intervensi klien.Kata kunci: Peran Save The Children, Perlindungan Anak, Hak Anak, SDGs no.16


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document