Refugee Rights
Human Rights Watch’s Refugee Rights Program defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people worldwide. We respond to emergencies as well as chronic situations, focusing especially on documenting government efforts to block access to asylum, to deprive asylum seekers of rights to fair hearings of their refugee claims, and to the forcible return of people to places where their lives or freedom would be threatened. We conduct on-the-ground investigations to speak with uprooted people and document abuses against them. We take our findings directly to policy-makers and the media as we advocate for governments to improve access to asylum, to stop forced returns, and to ensure that all migrants are treated with dignity and regard for their basic human rights.
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Qatar: Wage Abuse Action Shortchanges Workers
Workers Still Owed Wages for Months After Informing Government of Abuse
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Tanzania: Burundian Refugees ‘Disappeared,’ Tortured
Halt Forced Returns; Investigate Police, Intelligence Services
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Malaysia: Investigate Return of 1,086 Myanmar Nationals
Action Puts Lives at Risk, Defies Court Order
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US: Take New Approach at Mexico Border
Video Shows Family Separated under Trump Policy Have Reason to Hope
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To Help Migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tackle EU Abuses
Commissioner’s Visit Underscores EU Responsibility to Find Solutions
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Coalition Letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
Regarding Use of Expedited Removal Process for Asylum Seekers at the Border
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Amicus Brief in the GEO Group, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom, et al.
Brief of Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Human Rights Watch & Freedom For Immigrants as Amici Curiae in Support Of Defendants-Appellees
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US to Permit Some Asylum Seekers to Return from Mexico
New Program Should Include People Who Missed Court Dates Under Abusive MPP
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US Terminates Shameful Asylum-Shirking Pacts
Biden Administration Ends Agreements with Central American Governments
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US Correcting Course on Refugees, Climate Migrants
Biden Administration Orders Would Replace Prejudice with Principles
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US Takes Steps to Reverse Family Separations
More is Needed to Address Trauma Caused by Trump Policies
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