Saturday, August 27, 2016 Rights groups reject migrant detentionHuman rights groups have united to voice their concerns over government plans to create a new detention facility for immigrants who arrive in Argentina without the necessary paperwork. “Amnesty International discourages the routine use of detention of foreigners as a tool for the exercise of immigration control. Everyone, including migrants and asylum-seekers have the right to liberty and freedom of movement and protection from arbitrary arrest and detention,” Amnesty International Argentina said in a statement released in response to the proposals. “Amnesty International warns of the negative impact on human rights of migration-related detention and opposes the use of detention as a form of punishment or deterrence, rather than addressing the causes which cause irregular immigration,” it added. “Expulsion as a sanction against irregular immigration is a last resort that the State can use.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 27, 2016 03:33 UTC