10h 22min, jun 24, 2009 y - Information Report n. 1776: Outsourcing information and legal aid to NGOs.
Description:
Legitimise the migrant detention system, presented as respecting access to rights.
“French legislation is exemplary, providing for funding for NGOs working inside the detention centres to defend the rights of detained migrants”. While the work of the NGOs allows them to help detainees to exercise their rights and to bear witness to the experience of detainees and to publicly criticise the system, reports published by them also show that their presence is not sufficient to ensure respect for migrant rights and transparency in the facilities. On several occasions, employees of the NGOs have noted the risk that mission is being bent to serve a policy of detaining.
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Administrative Detention
Research Internship
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