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January 13, 2023

U.N. Says Mass Expulsion of Migrants at U.S. Border Violates International Law
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The United Nations is warning the United States' Title 42 pandemic
policy is a risk to international human rights and refugee laws and
protections. Title 42 has been used to block over 2 million migrants
from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Last week, the Biden
administration announced it would also begin expelling Haitian, Cuban
and Nicaraguan asylum seekers to Mexico as part of an expansion of the
policy. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a
statement, "The right to seek asylum is a human right, no matter a
person's origin, immigration status, nor how they arrived at an
international border. These measures appear to be at variance with the
prohibition of collective expulsion and the principle of
non-refoulement."


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