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Growth of Immigration Detainee Deaths in UK Reveals Flaws of Broken System

Ed Targett, New America Media. October 8, 2011.

The United Kingdom’s immigration system is increasingly dysfunctional and the government dealing with it so moribund and riddled with low morale they are in near meltdown.

Another Way to Keep Immigrants From Working? Stop The Asylum Clock

Emily Creighton, Melissa Crow, Immigration Impact. September 29, 2011.

Confusion over "applicant-caused delay" forces many to work without authorization at serious risk of exploitation, while others must rely on the goodwill of others.

System for Those Seeking Asylum in the US Is Mostly Broken, And Attempts at Reform Have Been Failing

Willam Fisher, IPS News. November 29, 2010.

DHS's announcement in 2009 came on the heels of two government reports that had concluded that the U.S. immigration system was inappropriately modeled on correctional systems.

Australia Welcomes Asian Refugees with Detention in For-Profit Jails -- Or by Just Allowing Them to Drown

Allison Kilkenny, TruthOut.org. October 19, 2010.

Boat arrivals only make up 5% of Australia's annual humanitarian intake. There are approximately 50,000 "illegal" persons in Australia at any one time and most are British.

Court of Appeals Finds USCIS Acted Outside the Law

Beth Werlin, Immigration Impact. March 6, 2010.

The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center has challenged several unlawful agency practices and has forced the government to change its policies.

Transgender Asylum-Seeker Caught in Immigration Detention Hell

Transgender Asylum-Seeker Caught in Immigration Detention Hell

Staff, RestoreFairness.org. November 12, 2009.

Esmeralda never realized that her experience in detention would match the trauma of discrimination she had faced back home.

Former Gitmo Prisoner Moazzam Begg: We Deserve Asylum in Europe

Moazzam Begg, Independent UK. January 8, 2009.

Dozens of European men like myself have been released from Guantanamo, receiving no compensation for our lost years of life.

BushCo Open to Giving Musharraf Asylum in the U.S.

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. August 20, 2008.

Bush has a soft spot for Musharraf, and it shows.

Despite Better Treatment, Concerns Remain for Australia's Refugees

Stephen de Tarczynski, IPS News. June 23, 2008.

Questions linger after a pro-democracy was tortured after being deported back to China.

U.S. Failing to Help Iraqi Translator and Family Targeted for Execution

Maura Stephens, AlterNet. July 10, 2007.

He thought he could rebuild his country by helping the Americans. Now an Iraqi translator and his family have been targeted for execution, and instead of helping, U.S. officials have trapped him in an endless Catch-22.

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