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LGBT Asylum Seekers Say They Face Homophobic Abuse in UK Detention Centers
LGBT individuals who have fled persecution in their home nations say they were bullied, threatened, and sexually harassed while they were in UK facilities.
Asylum Seekers Are Having Abortions to Avoid Raising Children in Australian Detention Centers
Conditions are so bad in Australia’s detention centers that some pregnant women say they have no choice but to abort their babies.
Syrian Refugees Are Being Held Indefinitely in a Spanish Exclave
Ceuta is a small Spanish-administered town in North Africa separated from mainland Spain by the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Many Syrian refugees have gotten caught trying to sneak onto the mainland from Ceuta and...
I Was Tortured in Sri Lanka for Harboring Tamils
They used iron girders and PVC piping filled with sand and dirt. It hurts like hell, but it doesn't leave marks. That was the first time I've ever been beaten in my entire life.
UK Asylum Seekers Just Held a Mass Hunger Strike in Their Detention Center
We called some of them up so that they could tell us what’s been going on in their own words. They painted a picture of horrible food, constant coldness, and a lack of access to facilities and the outside world.