Michael Bochenek
@michaelbochenek.bsky.social
Children's rights, migration @hrw.org
London once upon a time, now New York/Paris
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London once upon a time, now New York/Paris
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La France est responsable de violations graves et systématiques des droits des enfants migrants non accompagnés selon le Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU.
Les autorités devraient veiller de toute urgence à ce que ces enfants vulnérables bénéficient de la protection à laquelle ils ont droit.
Les autorités devraient veiller de toute urgence à ce que ces enfants vulnérables bénéficient de la protection à laquelle ils ont droit.
La France manque à ses obligations envers les enfants migrants non accompagnés
Dans un rapport accablant publié la semaine dernière, le Comité des droits de l'enfant des Nations unies a conclu que la France était responsable de violations graves et systématiques des droits des e...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
La France est responsable de violations graves et systématiques des droits des enfants migrants non accompagnés selon le Comité des droits de l'enfant de l'ONU.
Les autorités devraient veiller de toute urgence à ce que ces enfants vulnérables bénéficient de la protection à laquelle ils ont droit.
Les autorités devraient veiller de toute urgence à ce que ces enfants vulnérables bénéficient de la protection à laquelle ils ont droit.
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Novo relatório da @hrw.org revela que imigrantes sofrem tratamento desumano, superlotação, falta de cuidados médicos e outros abusos em centros de detenção na Flórida. Duas mortes já ocorreram.
Os EUA deveriam parar com estes abusos.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Os EUA deveriam parar com estes abusos.
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US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites
The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human ...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Novo relatório da @hrw.org revela que imigrantes sofrem tratamento desumano, superlotação, falta de cuidados médicos e outros abusos em centros de detenção na Flórida. Duas mortes já ocorreram.
Os EUA deveriam parar com estes abusos.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
Os EUA deveriam parar com estes abusos.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
“You Feel Like Your Life is Over”
The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new report by Human Rights Watch and partner nonprofits released today confirms that migrants at the downtown Miami ICE facility were indeed shackled with hands tied behind their backs, forced to kneel, and made to eat from styrofoam plates “like dogs.”
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In a habeas corpus suit against DHS, Lionel Flores was arrested at his ISAP check-in. When he ask ICE agents why he was being arrested they, said "judges orders don't matter, only the President." After telling them he had a lawyer, they replied "that doesn't matter either."
July 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In a habeas corpus suit against DHS, Lionel Flores was arrested at his ISAP check-in. When he ask ICE agents why he was being arrested they, said "judges orders don't matter, only the President." After telling them he had a lawyer, they replied "that doesn't matter either."
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NEW REPORT: “You Feel Like Your Life is Over” — @hrw.org AI Justice @sanctuarylegalservices.com expose abusive conditions at 3 Florida immigration detention centers. Overcrowding, medical neglect & degrading treatment are rampant. #HumanRights #ImmigrationJustice www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites
The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human ...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
NEW REPORT: “You Feel Like Your Life is Over” — @hrw.org AI Justice @sanctuarylegalservices.com expose abusive conditions at 3 Florida immigration detention centers. Overcrowding, medical neglect & degrading treatment are rampant. #HumanRights #ImmigrationJustice www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
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Trump's immigration agenda has never been about keeping children safe. It is about cruelty, abducting children from their families, indefinitely detaining them, in Alexis' case with adults, and deporting them regardless of their wishes.
Alexis needs to be reunited with his family immediately.
Alexis needs to be reunited with his family immediately.
15-year-old boy with no criminal record held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for three days: Miami Herald
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July 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump's immigration agenda has never been about keeping children safe. It is about cruelty, abducting children from their families, indefinitely detaining them, in Alexis' case with adults, and deporting them regardless of their wishes.
Alexis needs to be reunited with his family immediately.
Alexis needs to be reunited with his family immediately.
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Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...
Gender Apartheid Should Be an International Crime
All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Excited to share this new piece on why @hrw.org is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. www.justsecurity.org/116780/gende...
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Due process isn’t optional. Stripping bond hearings and forced incarceration immigrants is state-sanctioned cruelty. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings
A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Due process isn’t optional. Stripping bond hearings and forced incarceration immigrants is state-sanctioned cruelty. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.
The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.
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The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.
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July 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
🚨New @hrw.org finds that #Thailand is threatening, extorting, and detaining #Myanmar nationals who have fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.
The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
The Thai government should introduce a temporary protection regime for Myanmar nationals.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
HRW denuncia expulsiones abusivas de EE. UU. y cuestiona el rol de Costa Rica
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Noticias de América - HRW denuncia expulsiones abusivas de EE. UU. y cuestiona el rol de Costa Rica
La ONG HRW denuncia que Estados Unidos expulsó 'injustamente' a 200 personas de diversos países, incluidos menores de edad, tras retenerlos 'en condiciones de detención abusivas' antes de trasladarlos...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
HRW denuncia expulsiones abusivas de EE. UU. y cuestiona el rol de Costa Rica
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HRW denuncia el trato “abusivo” contra los 200 inmigrantes deportados de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica
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HRW denuncia el trato “abusivo” contra los 200 inmigrantes deportados de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica
Un informe de Human Rights Watch denuncia la expulsión arbitraria de este grupo de extranjeros y los “mensajes contradictorios” que recibieron por parte de las autoridades costarricenses
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May 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
HRW denuncia el trato “abusivo” contra los 200 inmigrantes deportados de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica
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The Trump administration is trying to end an immigration policy that requires govt to provide basic rights to detained child immigrants.
The agreement limits the time children can be detained and requires them to be provided with adequate food, water & clothes.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The agreement limits the time children can be detained and requires them to be provided with adequate food, water & clothes.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration seeks to end basic rights and protections for child immigrants in its custody
Flores Settlement Agreement limits how long children can be detained and requires they be provided with food, water and clean clothes
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May 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Trump administration is trying to end an immigration policy that requires govt to provide basic rights to detained child immigrants.
The agreement limits the time children can be detained and requires them to be provided with adequate food, water & clothes.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The agreement limits the time children can be detained and requires them to be provided with adequate food, water & clothes.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries
Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
@nickmiroff.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
@nickmiroff.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries
Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
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May 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries
Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
@nickmiroff.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
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Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
@nickmiroff.bsky.social @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Human Rights Watch: Costa Rica dañó su legado histórico al colaborar con Estados Unidos en deportación de migrantes
Lucía Astorga de La Nación
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Lucía Astorga de La Nación
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Human Rights Watch: Costa Rica dañó su legado histórico al colaborar con Estados Unidos en deportación de migrantes
La organización internacional Human Rights Watch emitió fuertes críticas contra el acuerdo migratorio entre los gobiernos de Rodrigo Chaves y Donald Trump
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May 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Human Rights Watch: Costa Rica dañó su legado histórico al colaborar con Estados Unidos en deportación de migrantes
Lucía Astorga de La Nación
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Lucía Astorga de La Nación
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L’archipel espagnol des Canaries, confronté à un afflux massif de migrants en provenance d’Afrique, est régulièrement épinglé pour les conditions indignes d’accueil des mineurs isolés, entre agressions, surpopulation, et manque de personnel qualifié.
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Aux îles Canaries, des réfugiés mineurs victimes de violence et d’insultes racistes
L’archipel espagnol des Canaries, confronté à un afflux massif de migrants en provenance d’Afrique, est régulièrement épinglé pour les conditions indignes d’accueil des mineurs isolés, entre agressions, surpopulation, et manque de personnel
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May 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
L’archipel espagnol des Canaries, confronté à un afflux massif de migrants en provenance d’Afrique, est régulièrement épinglé pour les conditions indignes d’accueil des mineurs isolés, entre agressions, surpopulation, et manque de personnel qualifié.
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NEW: Today, the Trump admin filed to end the Flores Settlement-an agreement that provides basic safeguards for children in federal immigration custody.
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
Trump administration moves to end settlement that protects immigrant children; Flores counsel vow to defend vital safeguards | National Center for Youth Law
Today, the Trump administration filed a motion to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which for years has set the standards for the humane treatment of immigrant children in government custody,...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
NEW: Today, the Trump admin filed to end the Flores Settlement-an agreement that provides basic safeguards for children in federal immigration custody.
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
We, @chrclla.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social will keep fighting to defend these children’s health & safety. youthlaw.org/news/trump-a...
США: выдворенные в Коста-Рику искатели убежища сообщают о нарушениях их прав
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США: выдворенные в Коста-Рику искатели убежища сообщают о нарушениях их прав
Соединенные Штаты Америки должны предложить вернуть на свою территорию около 200 граждан третьих стран, в том числе детей, которые были незаконно выдворены в Коста-Рику в феврале, и рассмотреть их зая...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
США: выдворенные в Коста-Рику искатели убежища сообщают о нарушениях их прав
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Inmigrantes fueron expulsados "injustamente" de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica en febrero, según HRW
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Inmigrantes fueron expulsados "injustamente" de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica en febrero, según HRW
Estados Unidos deberá retornar y procesar las solicitudes de asilo de cerca de 200 inmigrantes, incluidos 81 niños de hasta 17 años, que fueron enviados a Costa Rica sin el debido proceso y en condici...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Inmigrantes fueron expulsados "injustamente" de Estados Unidos a Costa Rica en febrero, según HRW
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HRW exige a EEUU revertir expulsiones de migrantes a Costa Rica
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HRW exige a EEUU revertir expulsiones de migrantes a Costa Rica - CB24
Human Rights Watch (HRW) denunció que unos 200 migrantes de terceros países —incluidos 81 niños— fueron expulsados injustamente desde Estados Unidos a Costa Rica en febrero, sin poder ejercer su derec...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
HRW exige a EEUU revertir expulsiones de migrantes a Costa Rica
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Costa Rica has sullied its proud reputation as a country that defends human rights and protects refugees. It can and should provide meaningful, practical, immediate redress to the people it accepted, including by giving people language training, job placement assistance, and other support.
The US government should offer to bring back and hear the asylum claims of everyone it wrongfully expelled to Costa Rica.
Once in Costa Rica, people received mixed messages about the options open to them. Children have had no access to education. For 2 months, everyone was arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in a remote migrant center 300 km from the capital.
May 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Costa Rica has sullied its proud reputation as a country that defends human rights and protects refugees. It can and should provide meaningful, practical, immediate redress to the people it accepted, including by giving people language training, job placement assistance, and other support.
The US government should offer to bring back and hear the asylum claims of everyone it wrongfully expelled to Costa Rica.
Once in Costa Rica, people received mixed messages about the options open to them. Children have had no access to education. For 2 months, everyone was arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in a remote migrant center 300 km from the capital.
People expelled to Costa Rica had no connection to that country. None were Costa Rican citizens. Many had never been there. Some could not find it on a map.
May 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The US government should offer to bring back and hear the asylum claims of everyone it wrongfully expelled to Costa Rica.
Once in Costa Rica, people received mixed messages about the options open to them. Children have had no access to education. For 2 months, everyone was arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in a remote migrant center 300 km from the capital.
People expelled to Costa Rica had no connection to that country. None were Costa Rican citizens. Many had never been there. Some could not find it on a map.
US expulsions to Costa Rica followed weeks and in some cases more than a month of detention in squalid, overcrowded US immigration holding cells. These transfers provided no notice, no chance to seek asylum, and no opportunity to challenge the government's decision.
May 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Once in Costa Rica, people received mixed messages about the options open to them. Children have had no access to education. For 2 months, everyone was arbitrarily deprived of their liberty in a remote migrant center 300 km from the capital.
People expelled to Costa Rica had no connection to that country. None were Costa Rican citizens. Many had never been there. Some could not find it on a map.
US expulsions to Costa Rica followed weeks and in some cases more than a month of detention in squalid, overcrowded US immigration holding cells. These transfers provided no notice, no chance to seek asylum, and no opportunity to challenge the government's decision.
The US summarily expelled 200 third-country nationals, including 81 children, to Costa Rica in February. We interviewed 36 of them over the last two months. They detail the abuses they faced in both countries in a @hrw.org report out today.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
People expelled to Costa Rica had no connection to that country. None were Costa Rican citizens. Many had never been there. Some could not find it on a map.