The United Nations demanded accountability after the occurrence of 23 deaths in immigration centers in the United States. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern about the conditions in these detention centers.
A joint report by Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights, published in June, indicated that the rate of people dying under ICE custody reached its highest level in more than a decade. The document comes at a time of tightening migration measures implemented during the Trump administration.
Human rights organizations warned about the precarious health and safety conditions in the detention centers. The UN called for an independent investigation into the circumstances that led to the deaths and for measures to be taken to protect the rights of detained migrants.
