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Biden Administration Resumes Deportations to Haiti Amid Violent Unrest in the
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One-Quarter of a Million Afghan Children are At Risk After Being Forcibly
Displaced from Pakistan
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| UK Parliament Passes Controversial Measure Permitting Deportations to Rwanda
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Biden Administration Resumes Deportations to Haiti Amid Violent Unrest in the
Country
| | April 18, 2024 – Administrative Update |
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has resumed deportation flights back
to Haiti, despite the prevalence of gang violence throughout the country. A
flight containing 50 Haitians left Alexandria, Louisiana, the morning of April
18 destined for Cap-Haitien. Haiti has been immersed in gang violence for
several months, with extrajudicial killings and kidnappings rampant and gangs
controlling neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, the capital. DHS initially
suspended deportations to the country on February 29, when gangs attacked the
international airport and entered two prisons, releasing 400 prisoners.
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US House of Representatives Fails to Pass Restrictive Immigration Legislation
| | April 20, 2024 – Legislative Update |
The US House of Representatives failed to pass legislation on April 20 which
would legally authorize restrictive immigration enforcement policies. The
legislation, entitled End the Border Catastrophe Act, was part of a series of
bills designed to provide aid to US allies Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Based
on the restrictive HR 2, the Secure the Border Act, the legislation failed to
receive the two-thirds majority of votes needed under the suspension of the
rules. Only five Democrats joined Republicans voting in favor of the bill.
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United States Provides $154 Million in Humanitarian Assistance to Support
Refugees in Ethiopia
| | April 16, 2024 – Administrative Update |
On April 16, the US State Department announced the provision of $154 million in
humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia to care for over one million refugees in
the country, increasing the total FY 2024 US assistance to $243 million.
Ethiopia, which is also experiencing a civil war, has received 130,000 refugees
from conflicts in Sudan and Somalia over the past several months.
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DHS Announces $640 Million in Funding for Communities Receiving Migrants
| | April 12, 2024 – Administrative Update |
On April 12, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced $640 million
in grant money for communities receiving migrants, mainly for housing purposes,
under the Shelter and Services program. Of that money, $300 million in grants
will be allocated based upon need and $340 million will be awarded in the
competitive grant category. Local communities have received significant numbers
of migrants, including asylum-seekers, over the past two years, sparking a
housing shortage in certain areas. The funding should help alleviate the demand
for new housing, at least in the short-term.
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UK Parliament Passes Controversial Measure Permitting Deportations to Rwanda
| | April 23, 2024 – United Kingdom Update |
The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed legislation, named the Safety of
Rwanda Act, which would permit the deportation of asylum-seekers arriving in
England to Rwanda. The legislation declares Rwanda a 'safe third country,'
overturning a UK court decision declaring it unsafe and illegal to send
asylum-seekers there. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government has pushed for
passage of the legislation for several months, which comes on the heels of the
passage of the Illegal Migration Act, which denies protection to asylum-seekers
who reach England by boat. Faith leaders and human rights organizations have
condemned both bills and Sunak's policies toward asylum-seekers.
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Italy Provides Aid to Tunisia As Part of Efforts to Stem Migration
| | April 17, 2024 – Italy Update |
In her fourth visit to Tunisia in a month, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia
Meloni provided $50 million in assistance to Tunisia for energy investments as
part of the Mattei Plan, an Italian development package for African countries.
The plan is part of a strategy to encourage African nations to prevent
irregular migration to Europe. Meloni also conceded that Tunisia should not be
a “dumping ground” for migrants attempting to reach Europe and promised to
deport migrants attempting to reach Italy back to their home countries. Meloni,
who heads a right-wing government, has made migration a central issue of her
term, passing restrictive immigration laws and seeking bilateral and
multilateral agreements with sending and transit countries to deter migrants
from reaching the European continent.
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One-Quarter of a Million Afghan Children are At Risk After Being Forcibly
Displaced from Pakistan
According to Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization,
as many as 250,000 Afghan children who have been forcibly displaced from
Pakistan back to Afghanistan are in need of education, food, and other basic
necessities. Pakistan launched an enforcement initiative late last year to
dispel undocumented immigrants from its territory, which has disproportionately
impacted the 1.7 million Afghans in the country. Over half a million have
returned to Afghanistan since the start of the enforcement action, despite
having lived in Pakistan for years. The majority of the affected Afghan
children have been unable to enroll in school, while Afghan girls are forbidden
by the Taliban to receive education past the sixth grade.
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Congressional Democrats, Immigration Advocates Urge Biden to Issue Work Permits
to the Undocumented
Several Congressional Democrats, led by the ‘Three Amigos,’ and immigrant
advocacy organizations are urging President Biden to issue work permits to the
over 8 million undocumented immigrant laborers as a boon to the economy and a
remedy to a national labor shortage. In making the case for work permits, they
have argued that other immigrants who have resided in the United States a
shorter time—TPS recipients and parolees—are eligible for work permits, while
longer-term residents remain ineligible. According to reports, tension exists
between the long-term undocumented population and newer arrivals over the
disparity in treatment. It is possible that the Biden administration could make
such a move—which would certainly draw legal challenges—prior to the election.
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US Senate Dismisses Impeachment Charges Against DHS Chief Mayorkas
On April 17, the US Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss impeachment articles against
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without
proceeding to a trial. In making the motion to dismiss the articles, Senator
Charles Schumer (D-NY) said that the charges did not meet the standard for
impeachment, or “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Republicans voted against the
motion, stating that defeating the charges without listening to evidence set a
bad precedent. In a partisan vote, Mayorkas was impeached in February 216-215
in the House of Representatives, on the grounds that he had not enforced US
immigration law at the nation's borders. Democrats, including President Biden,
called the action an election-year “political stunt.”
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The Politics of Believing and Belonging: Increasing Diversity Among Muslim
Immigrants in Germany
While the arrival of large numbers of migrants from Syria has transformed the
German Muslim scene in recent years, we still know very little about “how” and
“to what degree.” Equally lacking is information on how existing
Muslim-majority communities have experienced this transformation and what kind
of relations they have established (if at all) with the “newcomers.” In search
of answers to these questions, this article focuses on intercommunity and
intracommunity dynamics among Muslim immigrants from Turkey and Syria in
Germany. Through 20 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, and participant
observation in a mosque in Lower Saxony, it looks at how different identity
markers influence the construction of symbolic boundaries in these communities.
By doing so, it moves beyond the simplifying dichotomy of “Muslim immigrants
versus non-Muslim hosts” and highlights other markers of difference, which
differentiate incoming populations not only from receiving populations but also
from each other.
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IMR Book Review | Border Abolitionism: Migrants’ Containment and the
Genealogies of Struggle and Rescue
Martina Tazzioli's Border Abolitionism offers readers a perspective that
extends beyond the halls of academia—presenting border abolitionism as living
praxis carried out on a daily basis both by criminalized border crossers and by
the individuals and organizations that act in solidarity with them. Tazzioli
envisions a border abolitionism that focuses on “…dismantling the condition for
the reproduction of racialised bordering mechanisms” (p. 7). Such an approach
transcends the approaches to border abolitionism that focus on the illegitimate
enforcement of borders or on the violations of human rights that occur at
scenes of pushback given that, the book argues, these approaches could create a
false dichotomy in which some forms of border violence are “legitimate.” Border
Abolitionism argues that abolitionism movements must go beyond the existing “no
borders” and “open borders” debates to encompass abolishing the social,
political, and economic conditions that induce individuals to believe that the
perseverance, reinforcement, and expansion of borders enhance their own
individual prosperity.
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Despite Threats, Guatemalan Cardinal Continues to Defend Migrants and the Poor
Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini, the archbishop of Huehuetenango, Guatemala,
continues to speak out on behalf of migrants and the poor in his country,
despite threats from the government that he could be arrested. Elevated to the
College of Cardinals by Pope Francis in 2019, Cardinal Ramazzini has been
outspoken in criticizing Guatemalan government policies toward the aged,
indigent, and migrants. He also warned of a possible coup against the recently
elected government in 2023.
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Caritas Warns of Humanitarian Disaster in Sudan One Year After Start of Civil
War
Caritas International, the international charitable organization of the
Catholic Church, has warned of a “humanitarian disaster” in Sudan one year
after the beginning of the nation's civil war. More than 8.6 million Sudanese
have been displaced by the conflict, with more than 2 million refugees having
fled to neighboring countries. Close to 5 million are at risk of starvation.
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La administración Biden reanuda las deportaciones a Haití en medio de violentos
disturbios en el país
| | 18 de abril de 2024 – Actualización administrativa |
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) ha reanudado los vuelos de
deportación de regreso a Haití, a pesar de la prevalencia de la violencia de
las pandillas en todo el país. Un vuelo que transportaba a 50 haitianos salió
de Alexandria, Luisiana, la mañana del 18 de abril con destino a Cap-Haitien.
Haití ha estado inmerso en la violencia de las pandillas durante varios meses,
con ejecuciones extrajudiciales y secuestros rampantes y pandillas controlando
barrios en Puerto Príncipe, la capital. El DHS inicialmente suspendió las
deportaciones al país el 29 de febrero, cuando pandilleros atacaron el
aeropuerto internacional y entraron en dos prisiones, liberando a 400
prisioneros.
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La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos no logra aprobar una legislación
de inmigración restrictiva
| | 20 de abril de 2024 – Actualización legislativa |
La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos no logró aprobar una legislación
el 20 de abril que autoriza legalmente políticas restrictivas de aplicación de
la ley de inmigración. La legislación, titulada Ley para poner fin a la
catástrofe fronteriza, fue parte de una serie de proyectos de ley diseñados
para brindar ayuda a los aliados de Estados Unidos, Ucrania, Israel y Taiwán.
Basándose en la restrictiva HR 2, la Ley de Seguridad de las Fronteras, la
legislación no logró recibir la mayoría de dos tercios de votos necesaria bajo
la suspensión de las reglas. Sólo cinco demócratas se sumaron a los
republicanos que votaron a favor del proyecto de ley.
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Estados Unidos proporciona $154 millones en asistencia humanitaria para apoyar
a los refugiados en Etiopía
| | 16 de abril de 2024 – Actualización administrativa |
El 16 de abril, el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos anunció la
provisión de $154 millones en asistencia humanitaria a Etiopía para atender a
más de un millón de refugiados en el país, aumentando la asistencia total de
Estados Unidos para el año fiscal 2024 a $243 millones. Etiopía, que también
está atravesando una guerra civil, ha recibido 130.000 refugiados de los
conflictos en Sudán y Somalia durante los últimos meses.
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DHS anuncia $640 millones en fondos para comunidades que reciben inmigrantes
| | 12 de abril de 2024 – Actualización administrativa |
El 12 de abril, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) anunció $640
millones en subvenciones para comunidades que reciben inmigrantes,
principalmente con fines de vivienda, bajo el programa de Refugio y Servicios.
De ese dinero, $300 millones en subvenciones se asignan según las necesidades y
$340 millones se otorgarán en la categoría de subvenciones competitivas. Las
comunidades locales han recibido un número significativo de inmigrantes,
incluidos solicitantes de asilo, en los últimos dos años, lo que ha provocado
una escasez de viviendas en determinadas zonas. La financiación debería ayudar
a aliviar la demanda de viviendas nuevas, al menos a corto plazo.
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| The CMS Migration Update is a weekly digest produced by the Center for
Migration Studies of New York (CMS), an educational institute/think-tank
devoted to the study of international migration, to the promotion of
understanding between immigrants and receiving communities, and to public
policies that safeguard the dignity and rights of migrants, refugees, and
newcomers.
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international network of shelters, welcoming centers, and other ministries for
migrants – and of the Scalabrini Migration Study Centers, a global network of
think tanks on international migration and refugee protection, guided by the
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