Yael Schacher joined the Harvard Global Health Institute and the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights for a discussion on the public health crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
On April 22–23, 2021, President Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to tackle the climate crisis and renew U.S. leadership on climate change. This piece summarizes topics at the Summit, with an emphasis on migration and displacement issues.
Expedited removal has been justified as a means to promote efficiency in asylum processing. Yet over the last decade, when large numbers of families have come to the border to seek refuge, expedited removal has proven extremely inefficient. A different reception system at the border is an essential component of a new, comprehensive, protection-oriented approach to migration from Central America.
As civil society, we believe in the comprehensive protection of civilians: the protection of civilians from conflict, the protection of civilians during conflict, and the protection of civilians in the devastating and often long aftermath of conflict. In a joint letter, 26 civil society groups call on the UN to take steps to further protect civilians in armed conflict.
Eric P. Schwartz and Arthur E. Dewey
In the coming weeks, President Trump will decide on the number of refugees the United States is prepared to admit and resettle from around the world in fiscal 2021. All indications are that the president will continue to turn his back on this vital program and further tarnish a proud record of support for women, men, and children driven from their homes. This would be cruel, unnecessary, and a blow to U.S. interests.
