Linked to reasonable working hours, leisure time and paid vacations is the right of each person to self-development and education. This provision is one of many places where the UDHR aims to ensure the full development of people’s personality.
Derived from Article 13 are the rights of internally displaced people, which are elaborated more fully in the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. They prohibit arbitrary displacement, and say that internally displaced people (IDPs) “have the right to move freely in and out of camps or other settlements,” a principle that was not respected, for example, in the closed IDP camps for Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
The crisis at the southern border has turned into the crisis at the northern border due to the federal policies of the Biden administration.
ICE has been releasing immigrants en masse from the Batavia Federal Detention Center, mainly from Central America and Haiti at the southern border, in a process that further traumatizes them and makes it harder for them to reunite with their families.
An estimated 100 immigrants have been left at a gas station in Batavia this past month alone, with their belongings in onion bags and limited access to resources.
This Thursday, December 9th at 1:30pm, JFMF will host a press conference to raise awareness about the crisis at the northern border.
For those unable to attend in person, there will be a
Facebook livestream. You’re encouraged to watch and share on your social media in show of solidarity.
