-Daniel Tse, Co-Founder
During the Trump administration, while security situation declined in Cameroon, Cameroonian asylum seekers were increasingly subjected to immigration detention where they were far less likely to obtain counsel and to receive asylum than non-detained Cameroonian asylum seekers.
The US asylum grant rate for Cameroonians decreased by 24% from FY 2019 to FY 2020, followed by a surge of deportations to Cameroon in late 2020.
Human Rights Watch documented persecution and serious human rights violations against Cameroonians after their forced return including arbitrary arrest and detention, rape, torture and other physical abuse, extortion, unfair prosecutions, confiscation of national identity documents, and abuses against family members.