International Refugee Assistance Project: Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay
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The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) has released a report detailing the U.S. government’s practice of interdicting refugee families at sea and detaining them indefinitely at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay compiles testimony from refugees formerly detained at Guantánamo and from former U.S. government officials and advocates to provide an inside look at the hidden detention site.
The report was featured in a New York Times exclusive alongside findings from a Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties investigation recommending children not be held at the base.
For decades, the United States has detained refugees encountered at sea in the Guantánamo Migrant Operations Center (the “GMOC”). The Biden administration reportedly has considered using the facility for the detention of immigrants fleeing Haiti.
For the executive summary of the report, click here.
KJ