Latin American Women’s Rights Service campaign: Step Up Migrant Women campaign

#StepUpMigrantWomen is a campaign for the implementation of safe-reporting mechanisms and an end to data-sharing policies when victims with insecure immigration status report abuse.

Insecure immigration status is often a tool of control used by perpetrators to abuse their partners and threat them with deportation. This situation put migrant women in a vulnerable position: they fear the abuser and also fear asking for help.

The current lack of safe-reporting mechanisms creates a barrier for migrant women to flee violence and gives greater impunity to perpetrators.

Imkaan’s Vital Statistics report shows that 92% of migrant women have reported threats of deportation from the perpetrator. Step Up Migrant Women Right to be Believed report shows similar statistics with almost 6 in 10 women having received threats of deportation from abusers.

The establishment of safe reporting mechanisms is an essential step forward to improve crime reporting both in the interest of the public and community safety, as well as greater access to justice for victims.

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