UN Rights Chief: 23 Deaths in US Immigration Custody
Volker Türk said 4 more people have died in custody since June and warned that shock gloves could increase violence.
- On Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk demanded accountability for 23 deaths in United States immigration custody so far this year. Speaking to the Human Rights Council in GENEVA, Turk insisted "there needs to be accountability for these deaths."
- A joint report by Human Rights Watch and Physicians found death rates in ICE custody reached their highest level in over a decade, coinciding with President Donald Trump's intensified crackdown on illegal immigration.
- Turk also criticized Department of Homeland Security plans to spend $10 to $20 million on electric shock gloves for ICE agents, warning they would "increase the violence associated with their operations."
- The High Commissioner urged Washington to halt deportations to countries where returnees face "irreparable harm," specifically citing Haiti. He called for ensuring due process for all removals to third countries.
- Critics continue to focus on forceful tactics used by ICE agents, including fatal shootings of two American citizens in Minnesota earlier this year. These incidents have fueled concerns regarding training standards and conduct of enforcement personnel.
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The UN High Commissioner called for ICE to stop violence and deportations to third countries.
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La CroixThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that Washington should "account" after the death of 23 migrants.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights asks the United States to cease deportations to countries where people are at risk.
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Geneva, 7 Sep. (askanews) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights asks the United States to stop returning to countries where people are at risk of irreparable damage and to make clear the deaths in migratory custody. In front of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk spoke of 23 deaths only in 2026 and expressed concern about the ICE's plans to equip gloves with electrical discharge. "I ask the United States - says Volker Turk, UN …
ICE has become the symbol of the abuses of the US mass deportation policy which is considered particularly violent - Volker Turk's statements from the UN The post UN: US must be held accountable for the deaths of immigrants in custody appeared first on in.gr.
So far in 2026, 23 people have died in the custody of the US migration agency ICE, according to the United Nations. Now UN representatives are calling for those responsible to be held accountable and are calling on the Trump administration to halt deportations to places where people risk “irreparable harm.”
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