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Migrants seeking to reach Europe face widespread sexual torture, especially in Libya, says study
- by Japan TImes (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Migrants fleeing to Europe routinely fall prey to rape, sexual torture: study
- by New York Post (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe
- by WTOP -- DC News Radio (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe
- by WRAL--Raleigh, NC TV (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe
- by WFTV--Orlando, FL TV (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Widespread sex torture of male, female migrants reported in new study
- by Canadian News TV (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Migrants fleeing to Europe are subject to routine sexual abuse and torture
- by MarketWatch (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Study: Sex torture of migrants _ men and women _ widespread
- by Fox News (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Migrants trying to reach Europe face routine rape and sexual torture throughout their journey — and especially in Libya — with men facing abuse nearly as routinely as women.
That's according to a study released Monday by the Women's Refugee Council (sic) that is based on dozens of interviews with aid workers and migrants.
Women’s Refugee Council study: Sex torture of migrants — men and women — widespread
- by The Ledger (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe
- by Hartford Courant (AP)
- Published: Monday, March 25, 2019
Trump has shut down the government on immigration before. Now here’s what he wants in 2020.
- by Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
- Published: Monday, March 11, 2019
“If Flores is modified, overturned, or ignored so that the administration can expand family detention, then migrant and asylum-seeking children would be subject to inappropriate conditions that have already been well documented,” the Women’s Refugee Commission wrote in a report of family detention.
Migrant miscarriages in ICE detention centers have almost doubled during President Trump's first two years in office
- by Nicole Einbinder, Insider
- Published: Monday, March 4, 2019
In September 2017 immigration advocates including the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Immigration Council, and the Women's Refugee Commission, filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security about the treatment of pregnant women in ICE detention. The complaint included allegations of mistreatment by 10 women in detention.
Number Of Immigrants Who've Miscarried While In ICE Detention Doubles
- by Andrea Gonzales-Ramirez, Refinery 29
- Published: Monday, March 4, 2019
Katharina Obser, senior policy of migrant rights and justice at the Women's Refugee Commission, told Refinery29 that advocates have been concerned about the treatment and detention of pregnant women in ICE detention facilities for a long time. "These are not appropriate conditions for pregnant women," she told Refinery29. "[These centres are] already a punitive and inappropriate place for the populations who are being detained there, let alone for someone with the specific medical needs that a pregnant women might have."
Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Camps: Understanding and Addressing the Role of Gender in the Experiences of Refugees
- by Mie A. Jensen, Inquiries Journal
- Published: Friday, March 1, 2019
The Women’s RefugeeCommission (2016) investigated the Eastern European route. They found that fundamental health care services in transit centres can be difficult to access. Furthermore, there are few interpreters available, which hinders women from seeking help (UNHCR, UNFPA, WRC 2016:8-9); 88% ‘did not know where to obtain contraceptives’, and 25% ‘did not know where to access services if they became pregnant’ (Al Jazeera 2017). Moreover, transit centres are mainly gender-mixed, which leaves women extremely vulnerable.
Immigrant Miscarriages in ICE Detention Have Nearly Doubled Under Trump
- by Scott Bixby, Daily Beast
- Published: Friday, March 1, 2019
“Custody is never a good place for pregnant women, and we have in the past heard really devastating stories of both mothers’ and babies’ health being at risk,” said Brané, who dismissed the administration’s policy of not detaining immigrant women in their third trimester as medically insufficient.
“The risks of a pregnancy are not nonexistent before the third trimester,” Brané said. “Being in immigration custody is problematic when you are pregnant, no matter what phase of pregnancy you are in, especially when you take into account the effects of stress.”
Since Trump restricted flow at border, more migrants trying to sneak through undetected
- by Julia Ainsley, NBC News
- Published: Friday, March 1, 2019
Michelle Brané, director of the Women's Refugee Commission, said 9 out of 10 immigrants she spoke to in CBP custody would tell her and her staff they made the choice to cross illegally after other migrants told them the line to enter legally would mean a long wait in a dangerous place. 17, 201904:50
"They would say, 'There was a line and they told me I would get turned away,' or, 'People told me it's too dangerous and you can't get in that way,'" Brané said.
DeLauro leads probe of Trump administration’s treatment of detained migrant youth
- by Ana Radelat, The Connecticut Mirror
- Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Michelle Brané, of the Women’s Refugee Commission, and others, did accept the committee’s invitation to testify.
She said several Trump administration policies have led to longer stays in custody and lack of appropriate facilities to house the migrant children, including the policy of separating children from their parents at the border. Children are usually released to family members but many of these people are being deported, Brané said, under the administration’s more aggressive deportation policies.
Migrant Woman’s Pregnancy Ends in Stillbirth, in ICE Detention
- by Scott Bixby, Daily Beast
- Published: Monday, February 25, 2019
“Especially because of the way that the U.S. government has been metering ports of entry,” Brané said, referring to a policy that only allows a few asylum seekers entry into the country at a time, “people are arriving in more and more precarious health. Especially for a pregnant woman, it’s not surprising that she arrived in distress.”
Mom, daughter separated at border reunited at Houston airport
- by Lomi Kriel, Houston Chronicle
- Published: Thursday, February 21, 2019
"We don't know exactly how many children were separated and there's no question (the government's) complete lack of tracking makes it complicated and is outrageous, irresponsible, and frankly, criminally negligent," said Michelle Brané, director of migrant rights at the Women's Refugee Commission and part of the steering committee that helped find families covered by Sabraw's order.
Where Do We Go From Here? Moving Forward with the Gender Equality Objective of the Call to Action Road Map
- by ReliefWeb
- Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Gender-based violence is deeply rooted in gender inequality and women’s disempowerment. GBV is one of the primary obstacles to achieving gender equality, and gender inequality perpetuates norms that promote GBV. In order to effect change on GBV, gender equality programming must be an integral part of the work.
The Women's Refugee Commission has issued a brief that focuses on the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies, and how it addresses the linkages between gender inequality and gender-based violence (GBV).
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