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Eleanor Acer
@AcereEleanor
Refugee protection director at @humanrights1st. All views are my own.
Sep 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The Biden admin's expulsion of Haitians triggers another public statement from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, calling for an end to Title 42 and criticizing mass expulsion of Haitians without screening as inconsistent with international norms.
unhcr.org/news/press/202… "The summary, mass expulsions of individuals currently under way under the Title 42 authority, without screening for protection needs, is inconsistent with international norms & may constitute refoulement." And ...
Sep 21, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Many Americans are learning about the horrors of the Biden administration's Title 42 policy & the terrible treatment of Haitian migrants & asylum seekers.

For more background, talk to @GuerlineMJozef @HaitianBridge and read the materials in this 🧵👇 Most people don't know that victims of Title 42 have suffered brutal attacks & kidnappings - over 6300 reports tracked by @humanrights1st since the Biden administration took office and continued this Trump policy. humanrightsfirst.org/resource/human…
May 29, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
There are ways to do this that could make the asylum system more humane, fair, timely & effective. But language in this plan signals steps to cut due process & use flawed expedited removal. If that is the case, the Biden admin needs to adjust course, and do this the former way. The last thing we need is yet another round of sacrificing due process and effective refugee protection decisions to try to send a deterrent message.

Who is the audience for that messaging and what is the goal?

Plus the fundamental problems still need to be fixed.
May 20, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
So critical that the UN High Commissioner for @Refugees has publicly called on the US to restore asylum in line with international legal and human rights obligations, and end use of Title 42 to block asylum.

@POTUS @SecMayorkas @SecBlinken
unhcr.org/news/press/202… via @refugees "Guaranteed access to safe territory and the prohibition of pushbacks of asylum seekers are core precepts of the 1951 Refugee Convention and refugee law, which governments are required to uphold to protect the rights and lives of refugees."
Feb 19, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Does this mean the Biden admin has adopted the Trump admin's discredited, illegal, misuse of public health authority to expel & block people seeking asylum at the border?

The Trump-Miller Title 42 misuse is illegal, specious from a public health perspective + endangers lives.🧵 Public health experts have explained (again and again) that the US can use distancing, masks & other public health measures to protect lives of people seeking asylum and public health.
publichealth.columbia.edu/research/progr…