#StepUpMigrantWomen
Join us in protecting migrant women from abuse and domestic violence Vic Atkins reply July 2020 (1) We campaign for the implementation of safe-reporting mechanisms and the end of data-sharing policies when victims approach the police 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. Evidence shows that 92% of women with insecure status have received threats of deportation from perpetrators (Imkaan 2012). #StepUpMigrantWomen calls for safe reporting mechanisms to separate reporting of crime and access to support services from immigration control. ALL women