The Austrian Ministry of Interior’s (Bundesministerium für Inneres) official response to the Global Detention Project’s COVID-19 survey. The GDP submitted information requests to government agencies, international organisations, National Human Rights Institutions, and NGOs requesting information pertaining to the treatment of immigration detainees during the pandemic. Responses were documented on our COVID-19 Immigration Detention Platform. More information […]
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Ireland Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Ireland Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Ireland, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Ireland Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Ireland: Country Page Ireland: COVID-19 Updates Submission to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT): Ireland Report: Ireland: Can You Detain […]
Australia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Australia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Australia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Australia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Australia: Country Page UK: Plans to Replicate Australia’s Maligned Offshore Detention Regime Ignore a Long History of Failure and Suffering Staff Publications: Private […]
Azerbaijan – State Migration Service – COVID-19 Survey Response
Azerbaijan’s State Migration Service’s official response to the Global Detention Project’s COVID-19 survey. The GDP submitted information requests to government agencies, international organisations, National Human Rights Institutions, and NGOs requesting information pertaining to the treatment of immigration detainees during the pandemic. Responses were documented on our COVID-19 Immigration Detention Platform. More information about Azerbaijan’s treatment of […]
Indonesia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Indonesia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Indonesia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Indonesia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Indonesia: Country Page Submission to the Universal Periodic Review (27th Session, April/May 2017): Indonesia Report (2016): Immigration Detention in Indonesia […]
NEWSLETTER: Detention in Hungary; Torture Concerns in Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina
LATEST PUBLICATIONS Immigration Detention in Hungary: Transit Zone or Twilight Zone? Hungary’s efforts to block asylum seekers were at the centre of an important May 2020 European Union Court of Justice ruling concerning its “transit zone” detention sites, located along the border with Serbia. For years, Hungary refused to acknowledge that people were “detained” in […]
Submission to the UN Committee against Torture: Bulgaria
According to reports from national and international human rights monitors, the conditions that immigration detainees are held in in Bulgaria remain deeply concerning, with observers highlighting poor material conditions and instances of abuse. […]
Submission to the UN Committee against Torture: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Conditions within detention and reception facilities in Bosnia and Herzegvonia have long been a matter of concern for rights observers – and the Covid-19 crisis has only exacerbated these. In this submission to the UN Committee against Torture, the GDP highlights areas of concern and urges the committee to address various priorities prior to the presentation of BiH’s report. […]
Mozambique Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Mozambique Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Mozambique, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Mozambique Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Mozambique: Country Page Mozambique: COVID-19 Updates Mozambique: International Law […]
Nicaragua Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Nicaragua Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Nicaragua, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Nicaragua Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Nicaragua: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Nicaragua (2015) Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers: List of Issues Prior to Reporting […]
