Thread by @AmericasVoice

HAPPENING NOW: Impacted Cameroonians and advocates will gather on a call to highlight the serious harm and human rights abuses experienced by Cameroonians denied asylum and deported by the United States.

#BringThemBack #DefendBlackImmigrants #BlackHistoryMonth

This is happening at a time when asylum policies and the treatment of Black immigrants are in the news and the U.S. is reportedly considering Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Cameroon and other nations.

#BringThemBack #DefendBlackImmigrants #BlackHistoryMonth

Daniel Tse, Cameroonian community member and leader of the @CamAdvocacy:

"Human rights conditions have deteriorated in Cameroon... We've seen how the United States has responded by drastically reducing the rates that they were accepting asylums."

#BringThemBack

Lauren Seibert, researcher in the Refugee and Migrant Rights Division at @hrw:

"What we documented unfortunately is some really atrocious abuses [both in the U.S. and in Cameroon]... We can confirm at least 40 people deported from the U.S. were detained and harmed..."

Marie, Cameroonian asylum seeker deported from the United States in October 2020:

"I fled to the U.S. because I believed it has the best human rights protection in the world"

#BringThemBack #DefendBlackImmigrants #BlackHistoryMonth

Richard, Cameroonian asylum seeker deported from the United States in October 2020:

" I still feel very very unprotected."

#BringThemBack #DefendBlackImmigrants #BlackHistoryMonth

Timantha Goff, Policy and Advocacy Analyst with @UndocuBlack:

"I can't help but as a Black American see the commonality of how Black immigrants from African and the Caribbean have been treated to how Black Americans here have been treated..."

#BringThemBack #BlackHistoryMonth