Albania Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Albania, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Albania Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Albania: Country Page Albania: Detention Centres Albania: COVID-19 Updates […]
Publications & Events
Immigration Detention in Spain: A Rapid Response to Covid-19
On 6 May 2020, Spain reported that for the first time in its history, its long-term immigration detention facilities, “Foreign Internment Centres,” were empty. These centres had long been the target of activists, local politicians, and human rights bodies, who argued that they were unnecessary and abusive. The Covid-19 crisis, which shut down deportation flights, provided a final push. But enormous questions remain. […]
Joint NGO Letter: UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As a result of Covid-19, in-person sessions of the UN human rights sessions have been postponed until at least June. While the suspension is affecting the work of the treaty bodies, it is important that they undertake many of the mandated activities such as considerations of individual communications and urgent actions, adoption of lists of issues (LOIs) and lists of issues prior […]
Belarus – Deputy Minister of the Interior Ministry – COVID-19 Survey Response
Belarus: Aleksandr Barsukov’s (Deputy Minister of the Interior Ministry) official response to the Global Detention Project’s COVID-19 survey, jointly submitted with Human Constanta. 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 […]
Cayman Islands Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Cayman Islands Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from the Cayman Islands, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Cayman Islands Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Cayman Islands: Country Page Cayman Islands: Immigration and Detention Related Statistics […]
Jordan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Jordan Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Jordan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Jordan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Jordan: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Jordan – Detained by Employers, Locked Inside Refugee Camps, Pushed Back Into Conflict Zones Jordan: COVID-19 […]
Singapore Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Singapore Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Singapore, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. Key facts: Immigration detainees: Not available (2019) Detained minors: Not available (2019) International migrants: 2,155,653 (2019) Percentage of foreign prisoners: 9.9 (2016) Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified: 6/19 (2019) View […]
Oman Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Oman Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Oman, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Oman Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Oman: Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review (with Migrant-Rights.org) (37th Session, January/February 2021) Report: Immigration Detention in Oman (2016) Oman: Country Page […]
Egypt Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Egypt Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Egypt, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Egypt Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Egypt: Country Page Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers: Egypt Egypt: COVID-19 Updates […]
Iran Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Iran Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Iran, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Iran Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Iran: Country Page Iran: Relevant International Law […]
