US rights groups petition for a stop to asylum seeker expulsions
Al Jazeera
Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights argues US’s ‘Title 42′ expulsion policy violates migrants’ rights.
Washington, DC – Migration advocates in the United States are urging an international human rights commission to demand the Biden administration end the use of Title 42, a public health directive that allows the US to immediately expel most migrants who arrive at its borders.
The Lowenstein Project at Yale Law School submitted an emergency request (PDF) on Thursday to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an arm of the Organisation of American States tasked with upholding human rights in the Americas.
The request for “precautionary measures” was filed on behalf of 31 asylum seekers who had been expelled from the US, or have not tried to enter the country, as a result of Title 42, a policy that the petitioners argue exposes asylum seekers to “serious and urgent threats”.
