Refugee & migrant rights senior researcher, Human Rights Watch, @HRW.org. Special focuses on Africa, Europe, US, border externalization, racial justice.https://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3mijyo7zwdc2jNew @hrw.org report on #BurkinaFaso shows how all sides (Burkinabè military & allied militias, + armed group JNIM) are responsible for massive killings of civilians, forced displacement, & more, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Report: https://hrw.org/news/2026/04/02/burkina-faso-crimes-against-humanity-by-all-sides Thread 🧵👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijyo7zwdc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3mfd6u3twm22nIn #Cameroon, the government is arbitrarily detaining 15 non-Cameroonian nationals, including asylum seekers, deported by the US; 2 repatriated under coercion. Given the risks in Cameroon, the US violated int'l law by deporting people there. New @hrw.org dispatch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/20/abuses-in-cameroon-after-us-deports-third-country-nationals20 Feb 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfd6u3twm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3mfd6u3twm22nIn #Cameroon, the government is arbitrarily detaining 15 non-Cameroonian nationals, including asylum seekers, deported by the US; 2 repatriated under coercion. Given the risks in Cameroon, the US violated int'l law by deporting people there. New @hrw.org dispatch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/20/abuses-in-cameroon-after-us-deports-third-country-nationals20 Feb 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfd6u3twm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3mehhkjtg5c2rAmidst the flood of hateful rhetoric about migrants by multiple govt leaders, this refreshing op-ed by Spain's PM explains how/why his govt "has chosen a different way" by helping undocumented people to regularize, instead of "hunt[ing] them down & deport[ing] them": https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/spain-migrants-europe.html09 Feb 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehhkjtg5c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3me7yb4sh722gIt's long past time for US Congress to exercise meaningful oversight of DHS, ICE, & CBP & secure accountability for human rights abuses - killings, excessive force, racial profiling, arbitrary detention - documented for years, now reaching a peak. Dispatch from @hrw.org: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/06/restore-and-bolster-congressional-oversight-of-dhs-ice-and-cbp06 Feb 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7yb4sh722ghttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3mdger7mhtc2vHRW on the killing of #AlexPretti : this “fatal shooting… by federal agents follows weeks of violent & abusive immigration enforcement actions” by CBP & ICE officers against immigrants, asylum seekers, & citizens. @hrw.org analyzed/verified videos & witness statements: hrw.org/news/2026/01/2… [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdger7mhtc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3mcvz65qba22gJust out from @hrw.org: an overview of 13 harmful US immigration and refugee policies under the Trump administration (2.0) 👇 https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/20/dirty-bakers-dozen-13-harmful-trump-20-administration-immigration-citizenship-and21 Jan 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvz65qba22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3mcav5fxuak2o#Mauritania's PM, visiting #Senegal last week, stated that "all African nationals are welcome" in Mauritania. Positive words, but a recent @reuters.com feature + @hrw.org's report show that many migrants there have faced crackdowns, arbitrary arrests & other abuses. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/europe-migration-mauritania/12 Jan 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcav5fxuak2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3m7qflarxac24In #Egypt, a new investigation by @newhumanitarian.bsky.social & Refugees Platform documents many expulsions of Sudanese refugees & asylum seekers this year. Given the ongoing conflict/ risks in Sudan, this is refoulement, a violation of international law. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2025/12/04/exclusive-egypt-ramps-sudan-refugee-deportations-unhcr11 Dec 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qflarxac24https://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3m5wf6awzck2pIn #Mayotte, an overseas island territory of #France in Africa near Madagascar, the ongoing legacies of colonialism = neglect, underdevelopment, & massive barriers to education for many children, including migrants & asylum seekers. New report by @hrw.org: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/18/france-overseas-territorys-education-barriers18 Nov 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wf6awzck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3m3palmvzrs2c“How do we survive when the very system meant to protect us begins to disappear?” A Burundian refugee in Dzaleka refugee camp in #Malawi reveals the harsh impacts of UNHCR @unhcr.org funding cuts: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/first-person/2025/10/20/remember-we-exist-refugees-malawi-aid-slashed21 Oct 2025 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3palmvzrs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lzr5fuxkus2cStatement by HRW: US / Trump administration deals on expulsions of third-country nationals to African countries ( #Eswatini, #Ghana, #Rwanda, #SouthSudan) flout basic rights & expose people to a risk of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and refoulement. @hrw.org https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/23/us/africa-expulsion-deals-flout-rights26 Sep 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzr5fuxkus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lzqn7udtsc2a“Each state will try to divert responsibilities onto the next” until “there’ll be no space for protection for people whose… govts are persecuting them” - @hrw.org @billfrelick.bsky.social on Trump admin’s calls to decimate asylum system @washingtonpost.com https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/25/trump-asylum-reforms-christopher-landau/26 Sep 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqn7udtsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxxba22oas2o“Migrants report brutal treatment by EU funded security forces” in #Mauritania: NPR @npr.org on new report by @hrw.org Listen to NPR here 👇 https://www.npr.org/2025/08/30/nx-s1-5520667/migrants-report-brutal-treatment-by-eu-funded-security-forces HRW’s report: shorturl.at/stqpv @rsherlock.bsky.social03 Sep 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxba22oas2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxkxpbnkv22z#Mauritanie: Les forces de sécurité mauritaniennes ont commis de graves violations des droits humains entre 2020 et début 2025 à l’encontre de migrants et de demandeurs d’asile. Dans un nouveau rapport, @hrw-fr.hrw.org documente ces abus 🧵⬇️ https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/08/27/mauritanie-des-annees-dabus-lies-aux-controles-des-migrations29 Aug 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkxpbnkv22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxkg6lv2ps2t“Europeans signed contracts with #Mauritania, Morocco – they’re buffer countries. It’s always the same, the suffering of migrants, ...the expulsions… Africans are doing the work for the EU.” – Malian aid worker at Mauritania border. See new @hrw report: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/27/mauritania-years-of-migration-control-abuses29 Aug 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkg6lv2ps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxg2r2tdy22lLe Monde @lemonde.fr sur le rapport de @hrw-fr.hrw.org #Mauritanie : "Le rapport, qui s’appuie sur des centaines de témoignages [de migrants], fait état de cas de torture, de viols, de sévices physiques,...de détentions arbitraires, d’extorsions ou encore d’expulsions sommaires et collectives" [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2025 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxg2r2tdy22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxg23nfswk2lBBC on new @hrw.org report: "EU deal fuelling Mauritania's abuse of migrants" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv7lyp05qzo27 Aug 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxg23nfswk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxfz3jymmk2yAfrica News sur nouveau rapport de HRW @hrw-fr.hrw.org (abus à l'encontre de migrants en Mauritanie): [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfz3jymmk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxfrmubla22z🚨 Nouveau rapport de HRW documente des années d'abus commis par les forces de sécurité en #Mauritanie à l'encontre de migrants, alors que ces autorités recevaient le soutien 💰 de l'UE et de l'Espagne pour renforcer le contrôle des frontières @hrw-fr.hrw.org 👇 https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025/08/27/mauritanie-des-annees-dabus-lies-aux-controles-des-migrations27 Aug 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfrmubla22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lxf7mgrgws2l🚨 New @hrw.org report documents years of serious abuses by security forces in #Mauritania against West & Central African migrants, while those same authorities received equipment/support 💰 from the EU & #Spain to bolster border control & prevent irregular migration 🧵👇 https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/27/mauritania-years-of-migration-control-abuses27 Aug 2025 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxf7mgrgws2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenseibert.bsky.social/post/3lw64zwesn22iWhat is the logic in denying asylum because the persecuted group a person is part of is "too large"? US should fix the gender gap in refugee protection, argues HRW's Bill Frelick @billfrelick.bsky.social in The Hill @thehill.com. @hrw.org https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5444217-salvadoran-woman-denied-asylum/ https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5444217-salvadoran-woman-denied-asylum/@billfrelick.bsky.social12 Aug 2025 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:mdui73k7q6mxs564ahgrbpkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw64zwesn22i