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New RMMS research - Behind bars: the detention of migrants in and from the East & Horn of Africa (February 2015)
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to alert you to a new RMMS research study. Please click the link below to access it directly from the RMMS website.
Behind bars: the detention of migrants in and from the East and Horn of Africa
http://www.regionalmms.org/fileadmin/content/rmms_publications/Detention_Study_February_2015.pdf
The use of immigration detention is widespread in the main destination and transit countries chosen by migrants (including refugees and asylum seekers) from the East and Horn of Africa. Instead of being a measure of last resort, detention (often on an arbitrary basis) is habitually a first response by regional state authorities.
This research highlights the use of immigration detention for a variety of reasons, which commonly include: controlling migration flows, as a deterrence measure for future migrants, security reasons (such as identity and health checks), or the protection of domestic labour markets.
Behind bars, the 8th study in RMMS's explaining people on the move series, illustrates that detention of migrants can also be the result of chaotic or dysfunctional processes. Additionally, the arrest and detention process can provide the opportunity for illicit rent-seeking behaviour by certain state officials and therefore form part of the growing irregular migration economy.
Despite the difficulty of obtaining data from some countries, this study seeks to: elaborate on the scale of the use of detention, the types of detention, detention conditions, and the effect of detention on migrants. It also seeks to explain relevant international law as well as possible alternatives to detention.
This study, and other RMMS research, is available on the RMMS website (http://www.regionalmms.org/index.php?id=37). Should colleagues wish to obtain hard copies of this and other reports they should contact RMMS directly.
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