One was beaten unconscious. Others were covered in bruises, struggling to walk or vomiting blood. Another said he’d been sexually assaulted.
These are the stories of 16 former detainees who were deported to El Salvador’s mega prison.
Check out our new report on climate change impacts in origin countries and in transit, based on our interviews with asylum seekers in Ciudad Juárez
6 weeks ago today, planes flew a few hundred people to El Salvador, where they’re being held at CECOT — a place from which Salvadoran officials brag no one is ever released — at US expense.
Their continued detention there is our continued shame.
🚨There are reports that ICE may disappear around 177 people at Bluebonnet Detention Center in TX to #ElSalvador today.
When we say we need this type of leadership - we mean, NOW.
Call (202) 224-3121 & urge your reps to try to STOP the plane. @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social
Do hurricanes and other natural disasters cause migration outright?
Maybe sometimes. But often the connections are much more indirect
Researcher @julneus.bsky.social discusses her interviews with migrants at the US-Mexico border on our podcast “Changing Climate, Changing Migration”
"The major takeaway from this report is that these people on the move experience disasters and that those disasters worsen existing vulnerabilities."
Research finds significant shares of asylum seekers & other migrants at the US-Mexico border experienced climate disasters. Yet #climatechange was rarely the top or sole factor for movement
Our podcast “Changing Climate, Changing Migration” spoke with @julneus.bsky.social about the findings
I wrote a blog post highlighting key gains from the Chile Declaration and Plan, and exploring what actions participants in climate and migrant justice movements can take to hold the U.S. government accountable for its share of climate injustice. Check it out! refugeerights.org/news-resourc...
