Paraguay Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Paraguay, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. Quick facts: Immigration Detainees: Not available (2019) Detained Minors: Not Available (2019) Criminal Prison Population: 13,300 (2020) Percentage of Foreign Prisoners: 4.2 (2014) International Migrants: 160,519 (2019) New Asylum Applications: 1,071 […]
Djibouti: Covid-19 and Detention
Djibouti is a source and transit country for migration, to and from the Arabian Peninsula. The GDP has reported in the past that authorities regularly rounded up and arrested undocumented migrants, who were then detained in poor conditions. In the context of the pandemic, the closure of the Ethiopian border caused the blockage of migrants, […]
Chad: Covid-19 and Detention
Chad’s geographic location–as Libya’s southern neighbour and located at a crossroads between east and west Africa–has resulted in a “a complex humanitarian crisis,” according to IOM, and one which is further impacted by the country’s severe economic problems. As of mid-2020, there were an estimated 133,000 internally displaced persons and 475,000 refugees and asylum seekers. […]
Grenada: Covid-19 and Detention
With 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in total since the beginning of the pandemic, Grenada was on full lock-down for a week in April. The country now allows entry on the island from other low-risk and medium-risk countries. Travelers coming from these countries are required to present a certified copy of a negative COVID-19 test. […]
Ethiopia: Covid-19 and Detention
Following Human Rights Watch’s report highlighting the dire conditions that Ethiopian migrants have been held in in Saudi Arabia during the pandemic (see our 21 August update on Saudi Arabia on this platform), the Telegraph has revealed that the Ethiopian government has attempted to silence those stuck inside Saudi detention facilities. A leaked document submitted […]
Spain: Covid-19 and Detention
In Melilla, more than 1,400 refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants–including 150 women and 143 children–have again been confined in the enclave’s overcrowded CETI (Center for Temporary Stay of Immigrants) following a Covid-19 diagnosis. On 21 August, the facility was closed with no-one permitted to enter or exit–despite a judge’s decision on 24 August to overturn […]
Argentina Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Argentina Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Argentina, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Argentina Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Argentina: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Argentina: A Paradigm Shift? Working Paper: Immigration Detention Through the Lens of International Human Rights: Lessons […]
Brunei Darussalam Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Brunei Darussalam Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Brunei Darussalam, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Brunei Darussalam Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Brunei Darussalam: Country Page Brunei Darussalam: COVID-19 Updates Brunei Darussalam: International Law […]
Argentina: Covid-19 and Detention
On 31 August 2020, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child praised Argentina’s decision to not deport a Peruvian mother after she completed her sentence for drug trafficking, taking into account the best interests of her three children, marking a new precedent in the country. In 2000, she was sentenced to imprisonment and […]
Greece: Covid-19 and Detention
Greek authorities reported the first confirmed Covid-19 case in Lesvos’ overcrowded Moria Camp. In response, the country’s ministries for asylum, health, and civil protection announced in a joint statement that the camp would be closed for 14 days, and that authorities were actively tracing and testing all persons who had come into contact with the […]
