Acknowledgments This report was researched and written by two consultants to Human Rights Watch. This report was reviewed and edited by Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director. Specialist reviews were provided by Bill Frelick, refugee and migrant rights director; Kyle Knight, health and human rights editor; Nisha Varia, advocacy director of the Women's Rights Division; Shayna Bauchner, researcher in the Asia Division; Felix Horne, senior researcher in the Environment and Human Rights Division; Bill Van Esveld, associate children’s rights director; Aruna Kashyap, Senior Counsel in the Business and Human Rights division; and Param-Preet Singh, associate director in the International Justice Program. James Ross, legal and policy director, and Joe Saunders, deputy program director, provided legal and program review. Production assistance was provided by Seashia Vang, senior coordinator. We are grateful to all of the refugees who were willing to share their experiences, including sometimes tragic personal accounts, despite pressures to stay silent. “AN ISLAND JAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA” 58