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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

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June 2017

Issue 82, June 2017

ISSN 2049-2650

Editorial Team: Lily Parrott, Fiona McKinnon, Mandy Jam, Susan Fratzke, Catherine Tyson, Natsumi Paxton, Allison Perlin, Dalia Malek, Nejla Sammakia, Iana Messetchkova, Alice Mercier, Mohamed ElSayeh, Kavita Kapur, Joshua Lowe.

Chief Editor: Themba Lewis

Web links are in blue.

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In this issue:

Articles

Special highlight: UNHCR-NGO consultations 2017

News

News on Countries of Origin

News on Countries of Asylum

Detention and Deportation News

Statelessness

Short Pieces

Conditions in hotspots are chilling

Refugees stranded between Morocco and Algeria

Hungary leaves negotiations with EU Commission and prepares for legal battle

AIDA briefing: accelerated, prioritised and fast-track asylum procedures in Europe

UNHCR’s priorities for the next UK government

Refugee advocates are losing the war of ideas

Tribunal gives guidance on general principles in deprivation of citizenship appeals

American Bar Association International Refugee Law Committee Updates

Australia’s Forcible Deportations of Unwell Asylum Seekers: Legal Obligations

UN refugee chief Grandi in Libya: UNHCR ramping up its humanitarian response

Israel: the struggle against the “Deposit Law” continues

European Commission follows up on infringement procedure against Hungary concerning its asylum law

Budget 2017: Another missed opportunity for Australia and for refugees

Thousands of families excluded from benefit of increased age of dependent children

AIDA Briefing: Accelerated, prioritised and fast-track asylum procedures in Europe

Commission follows up on Hungary infringement procedure

Hungary: new legislation undermining asylum seekers’ rights enters into force

Proving continued danger of interpersonal violence: The realities of care responsibilities

Case Notes

No human rights issues to be raised in European Economic Area (EEA) appeals, confirms Court of Appeal

The Queen on the application of RSM, a child by his litigation friend ZAM and ZAM v Secretary of State for the Home Department

National Immigration Law Center responds to continuation of Haitian temporary protected status programme

OpEd

Opinion and Editorial Pieces

Letters to the Editors

Despite hiring, United States Immigration Court backlog and wait times climb

Israel’s “Deposit Law” for refugees

The future of asylum in India

Announcements

Conferences, courses, and workshops

Calls for papers

Grants and Awards

Vacancies

Request for assistance in research

Resources

Publications

kimreesesdaughter

I just left a plantation tour in Louisiana. I have a lot to say…

purplechocolatekisses

SAY IT!

kimreesesdaughter

I honestly thought I knew everything about slavery. Not so.

The owner of this particular plantation had it built by slaves for 3 years. Every brick was handmade. Over 120,000 bricks on 2,000+ acres of land (this place was huge.) The clay used for the bricks came from the Mississippi River. The majority of the slaves are buried under the Levees and water. Some are buried with their Masters. Not allowed to live with them but could be dead with them.

Before you enter the house, there’s a list of slaves who lived here including their age and how much they were purchased for. 124 total. Some slaves were worth as little as $25. As young as 5 years old.

On this particular plantation, the owner was big on punishment…he used noise making neck restraints. Imagine three 4lb balls around your neck with bells inside. Children were restrained by ankle locks that connected between their ankles.

This was a sugar cane plantation, one the worst practices to involve slaves because of its danger. A lot of slaves were decapitated, amputees and killed from the fields and machinery. A lot of kids lost their lives creating sugar. Speaking of children, a child stood in the living room and operated the fan with a string while guests ate dinner. As young as 3 years old.

Here’s what shook me even further: Before the Civil War, a lot of slave owners were going in debt and could not afford their properties and were not producing enough cotton and sugar to maintain their lifestyles. Slaves were used as HUMAN CREDIT CARDS. Slaves were a guaranteed line of credit. You could get HALF of your property’s value depending on how many healthy and able slaves you owned.

My people were human credit cards and lines of credit to BANKS. We were property. We were labeled as equipment and nothing more.

There is no such thing as a good slave owner. They owned my PEOPLE and used them as checks and balances. This cycle continues with prison and brutality. I do not want to hear shit about “Why can only Black people say this or that?” I don’t want to hear shit about “we’re all human.”

And by the way, not one of those slaves are at rest. Those spirits were so alive, you could feel their presence, their pain and someday, their revenge.

kimreesesdaughter

The front of the house and yard. This plantation was huge. Just thinking about my ancestors tending to all this land…

SOME of the enslaved names, ages, race and purchase price.

The living room.

Interior.

The dining room. That piece hanging above the table is ORIGINAL to the house. That’s the fan that a slave as young as 3 years old had to operate manually with a string.

The view from the balcony in the main hallway. This is how they looked over the slaves while they worked in the yard.

*sigh* Names of the enslaved that occupied the shacks. Children included. Their names are written inside one of the shacks. I’m not sure if there are other names inside other shacks because I could only handle 2. After I saw the punishment equipment, I left.

Slave Shacks. These are NOT the original shacks. These were built to imitate them.

Slaves for Sale Ads.

The landscape of Slavery throughout the United States in 1860. JUST 1860. Let that sink in.

Note: The last time the home was OWNED by a Louisiana citizen was 1972. This is her original bedroom, her lipstick is STILL on the dresser. This is why the house has been updated since slavery times because it was occupied up until 1972. Regardless, this used to be where house slaves slept.

sourcedumal

Jesus.

fluffgawd

The balcony picture really just fucked me up. I’m sick.

kimreesesdaughter

I forgot to mention that this plantation is FULLY OPERATIONAL. Sugar is still being produced here on a REGULAR basis 🙃🙃🙃🙃

xmagnet-o

One day our ancestors will get revenge.

This is why I don’t have time for anyone who says “get over slavery” or “it was such a longgg time ago” or even worst have weddings/events at plantations. Like yeah the architecture of that period was a beautiful but don’t let that shit cloud your mind because these places were ultimate hell for a lot of people.

raytwin

Wow. I live in New Orleans, born and raised. I’ve never been on a plantation tour. One time I got lost going to my cousins house in the country and we had to stop at one to get directions, and some white folks were getting married there. That makes me sick to my stomach. I briefly walked to one of the slave quarters out of curiosity. But those list of slaves. Oh geez, my heart sank. Any of those could easily be one of my direct ancestors. 😟