Letter from the Permanent UN Mission of Libya in Geneva to the Global Detention Project

The Permanent Mission of the State of Libya to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland presents its compliments to Global Detention Project, and has the honour to acknowledge your organization participation and contribution to the review of the State of Libya, which took place during the 36th Session of […]

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Spain Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Spain Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Spain, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Spain Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Spain: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Spain – A Rapid Response to COVID-19 (2020) Book: Immigration Detention in the European Union […]

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Russian Federation Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Russian Federation Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Russian Federation, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Russian Federation Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Russian Federation: Country Page Russian Federation: COVID-19 Updates Russian Federation: Domestic Law […]

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The Ideational Stigmatization of Immigration Detainees, Their Advocates, Captors, and Their Apologists in the Commentary Section of U.S. Newspapers

Although the United States has long been criticised for its treatment of migrants, the family separations that resulted from the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy drew particularly intense approbation and much media coverage in June 2018. One way to understand the conflict over this policy is to view it as a stigma contest where the […]

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Cyprus Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Cyprus Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Cyprus, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Cyprus Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Cyprus: Country Page Cyprus: COVID-19 Updates Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Cyprus Cyprus: Reception Challenges in Europe’s New […]

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Guatemala Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Guatemala Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Guatemala, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Guatemala Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Guatemala: Country Page Submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR): Guatemala (2017) Report: Immigration Detention in Guatemala (2016) […]

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France Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

France Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from France, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the France Detention Data Profile Related Reading: France: Country Page France: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in France: Longer, More Widespread, and Harder to Contest […]

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NEWSLETTER: U.S. Summary Deportations of Children to Mexico; Detention in Azerbaijan; Quarantine Facilities as Sites of “Detention”

The GDP’s latest research, including immigration detention laws and practices in Azerbaijan, and concerns surrounding detention issues in Niger, Paraguay, Morocco, and Singapore. […]

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Webinar: “GCM Objective 13: Use Immigration Detention as a Measure of Last Resort and Work Towards Alternatives”

On 24 November, the GDP’s Executive Director joined a panel of experts to discuss the Global Compact on Migration’s Objective 13 (“Use immigration detention as a measure of last resort and work towards alternatives”), organised by Migrant Forum Asia (MFA).  The panellists, who also included William Gois (MFA), Verena Knaus (UNICEF), Dato’ Sri M. Ramachelvam […]

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Japan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Japan Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Japan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Japan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Japan: Country Page Japan: Detention Centres Report (2013): Immigration Detention in Japan […]

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