Irídia

Fourteen organizations publish a decalogue of measures to tackle abuse and ill-treatment in prisons.

Several organizations are calling for measures against abuse, torture and ill-treatment inside prisons

Fourteen associactions have proposed a decalogue to guarantee the rights of inmates and demand that the administrations put an end to prison violence.

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States must protect the right of people to seek asylum by law.

UNHCR warns asylum is under attack at Europe’s borders

The international organization calls for an end to pushbacks and violence against refugees and asylum-seekers.

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The Ministry of the Interior ordered the reopening of the CIE in Barcelona in October.

A "worrying" increase in complaints of institutional violence at the CIE in Barcelona

Irídia states in the CIE 2020 Report that at least three complainants have been deported a few days after their complaints of ill-treatment were filed.

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Andrés García, coordinator of Irídia.

Andrés García: "What is generated by the Immigration Detention Centres is more social damage than control of the migratory flow"

Several entities throughout Spain, including Irídia, are demanding the permanent closure of the Immigration Detention Centres once the confinement is over, as well as an end to deportations.

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