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Trump keeps mentioning taped-up women at the border. Experts have no idea what he’s talking about.
- by Katie Mettler | Washington Post
- Published: Thursday, January 17, 2019
“I’m not really sure where his information is coming from,” said Leah Chavla, a policy adviser with the Women’s Refugee Commission, who has made nearly 15 trips to the border since 2017 and has worked with Latin American migrants.
Trump keeps mentioning taped-up women at the border. Experts have no idea what he’s talking about.
- by Mercury News
- Published: Thursday, January 17, 2019
“I’m not really sure where his information is coming from,” said Leah Chavla, a policy adviser with the Women’s Refugee Commission, who has made nearly 15 trips to the border since 2017 and has worked with Latin American migrants.
President Obama Also Faced A 'Crisis' At The Southern Border
- by Joel Rose | NPR
- Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
"They made a lot of mistakes, but eventually they got some stuff right," said Michelle Brané, who directs the Migrant Rights and Justice program at the Women's Refugee Commission.
"They started out with sort of a deterrence approach, but realized fairly early on that this was a humanitarian situation," Brané said.
President Obama Also Faced A 'Crisis' At The Southern Border
- by OPB
- Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
"They made a lot of mistakes, but eventually they got some stuff right," said Michelle Brané, who directs the Migrant Rights and Justice program at the Women's Refugee Commission.
"They started out with sort of a deterrence approach, but realized fairly early on that this was a humanitarian situation," Brané said.
Reporting abuse, activists work to end detention for pregnant migrants
- by Maria Benevento | National Catholic Reporter
- Published: Thursday, January 3, 2019
Seven organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Immigration Council, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, and Women's Refugee Commission, signed the complaint, which outlined general concerns and described 10 individual complaints to illustrate the issues.
Two migrant children recently died in Border Patrol custody. There were documented warning signs
- by THV 11
- Published: Friday, December 28, 2018
Leah Chavla, a policy advisor with the Women’s Refugee Commission has focused on the treatment of asylum seekers. After visiting Tijuana to observe the recent refugee caravan, she said she observed a lot of migrants with respiratory illnesses, which may stem from traveling for a long time and being exposed to weather elements, in addition to inadequate nutrition, stress and anxiety.
“While, yes, children may get sick while migrating, I still think an independent and thorough investigation is critical in both of these cases of deaths in CBP custody,” Chavla said.
2 migrant children died this month. But warnings were documented long before that
- by Pamela Ren Larson | Arizona Republic
- Published: Friday, December 28, 2018
Leah Chavla, a policy advisor with the Women’s Refugee Commission has focused on the treatment of asylum seekers. After visiting Tijuana to observe the recent refugee caravan, she said she observed a lot of migrants with respiratory illnesses, which may stem from traveling for a long time and being exposed to weather elements, in addition to inadequate nutrition, stress and anxiety.
“While, yes, children may get sick while migrating, I still think an independent and thorough investigation is critical in both of these cases of deaths in CBP custody,” Chavla said.
After 2nd child dies in U.S. custody, Nielsen expands medical screenings, will head to border
- by Maria Sacchetti and Robert Moore | Washington Post
- Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Leah Chavla, a policy adviser at the Women’s Refugee Commission, said the government should hire child-welfare professionals to deal with young migrants. “Someone there who has the credentials, who knows how to work with children who have been survivors of trauma and other circumstances,” Chavla said, adding that Border Patrol agents don’t have that sort of specialized training.
After 2nd child dies in U.S. custody, Nielsen expands medical screenings, will head to border
- by Grand Forks Herald
- Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Leah Chavla, a policy adviser at the Women’s Refugee Commission, said the government should hire child-welfare professionals to deal with young migrants. “Someone there who has the credentials, who knows how to work with children who have been survivors of trauma and other circumstances,” Chavla said, adding that Border Patrol agents don’t have that sort of specialized training.
After 2nd child dies in U.S. custody, Nielsen expands medical screenings, will head to border
- by Jamestown Sun
- Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Leah Chavla, a policy adviser at the Women’s Refugee Commission, said the government should hire child-welfare professionals to deal with young migrants. “Someone there who has the credentials, who knows how to work with children who have been survivors of trauma and other circumstances,” Chavla said, adding that Border Patrol agents don’t have that sort of specialized training.
After 2nd child dies in U.S. custody, Nielsen expands medical screenings, will head to border
- by Duluth News Tribune
- Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Leah Chavla, a policy adviser at the Women’s Refugee Commission, said the government should hire child-welfare professionals to deal with young migrants. “Someone there who has the credentials, who knows how to work with children who have been survivors of trauma and other circumstances,” Chavla said, adding that Border Patrol agents don’t have that sort of specialized training.
‘A Breaking Point’: Second Child’s Death Prompts New Procedures for Border Agency
- by Miriam Jordan | New York Times
- Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Michelle Brané, director of migrant rights and justice at the Women’s Refugee Commission, said, “As long as C.B.P. continues to refuse people access to ports of entry and drive people into dangerous situations, children’s health is at risk.”
House Plans Probe of Migrant Boy’s Death as Homeland Security Points Fingers
- by Scott Bixby | The Daily Beast
- Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Michelle Brané, director of Migrant Rights and Justice at the Women's Refugee Commission, called Alonzo-Gomez’s death—and Homeland Security’s decision to blame advocacy groups for it—“tragic but unfortunately not surprising.”
“As long as CBP continues to deny access to asylum seekers, drive people further underground, and treat people seeking safety as though they are criminals, people will die. Children are particularly vulnerable, and CBP continues to abdicate any responsibility.”
子どもだけで米国を目指す難民、殺人や誘拐などの危険も メキシコ
- by The Guardian via Yahoo! Japan
- Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
女性難民委員会（Women’s Refugee Commission）の難民の権利と正義プログラムの責任者ミシェル・ブラネ（Michelle Brane）氏は、「この状態は、緊張と脆弱（ぜいじゃく）性を伴う時限爆弾だ」と指摘する。
最近ティフアナを訪れたブラネ氏は、「定量」制は難民申請を待つ間、子どもたちが暴力とギャングからの勧誘にさらされるという特に危険な状況を作り出していると警告する。
Do USA jdou s migranty i tisíce osamocených dětí. Na cestě jim hrozí znásilnění i únosy
- by Info.CZ
- Published: Saturday, December 22, 2018
„Je to časovaná bomba plná napětí a zranitelnosti,“ říká Michelle Branéová z neziskové organizace Women’s Refugee Commission. Podle ní je americký systém omezeného udělování žádostí o azyl obzvlášť nebezpečný – čekající děti se totiž stávají terčem náboru nových rekrutů místních gangů, kterým mohou snadno podlehnout.
Migrants Seeking Asylum Must Wait in Mexico, Trump Administration Says
- by Michael Tackett, Caitlin Dickerson and Azam Ahmed | New York Times
- Published: Thursday, December 20, 2018
“Our concern is that this is going to endanger more lives,” said Michelle Brané, the director of migrant rights and justice at the Women’s Refugee Commission. “People who are waiting, and especially children, are really vulnerable.”
Fleeing home alone: the migrant children blocked at Mexican border
- by Sarah Kinosian and Amanda Holpuch | Guardian
- Published: Wednesday, December 19, 2018
“It is a timebomb of tensions and vulnerabilities,” said Michelle Brané, the director of the migrant rights and justice program at the Women’s Refugee Commission.
Brané, who recently visited Tijuana, said metering was creating an especially dangerous situation for children who remain exposed to violence and gang recruitment while they wait to apply for asylum.
Liv Ullmann kastet ut av Hongkong: - Aldri vært så stolt
- by Lars O Gulbrandsen and Tor Kvello | Dagbladet
- Published: Saturday, December 15, 2018
Liv Ullmann: – Det er jo ikke sånn jeg er!
- by Roger Grosvold | abc nyheter
- Published: Friday, December 14, 2018
Den vordende 80-åringen sa i intervjuet med Grosvold at hun håper hennes stemme kan være et verktøy for å rette et langt sterkere fokus på fattige kvinners kår. Siden 1970-tallet har Ullmann vært sterkt engasjert i situasjonen til kvinner og barn på flukt, både som FN-ambassadør og som medgrunnlegger av organisasjonen Women's refugee commission.
Trump's Caravan Problem Isn't Which People Are Coming, But What Kind of Country America Will Choose to Be
- by Common Dreams
- Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Michelle Brané, an advocate with the Women’s Refugee Commission, notes that, compared to Mexico, the U.S. asylum system has adequate resources for dealing with the influx of Central American migrants, but refuses to honor its obligations under domestic and international law to process their claims in U.S. courts. “It's an incredible abdication of responsibility,” she says, following a recent visit to the border. “And I can't imagine how they're not responsible for creating a situation in which people are going to die. “
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