Ethiopia has a history of sheltering refugees and has long maintained an open-door asylum policy. The country hosts an estimated 769,000 refugees and other “people of concern.” Unlike in many other countries in the region, refugees have the right to access health care services in Ethiopia. However, after the onset of the Covid crisis, there […]
Slovakia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Slovakia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Slovakia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Slovakia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Slovakia: Country Page Slovakia: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in Slovakia: Punitive Conditions Paid for by the Detainees Submission to the UN Committee on […]
Mauritius Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Mauritius Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Mauritius, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Mauritius Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Mauritius: Country Page Mauritius: COVID-19 Updates Mauritius: International Law […]
Slovakia: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the Slovakian Border and Aliens Police Office of the Presidium of the Police Force reported that the Slovak Republic had not established a moratorium on new immigration detention orders and that it was not considering such a measure. In addition, no immigration detainees were released due to […]
Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Tunisia
Global Detention Project and Forum Tunsien pour les Droits Économiques et Sociaux Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (85th Session, 7-25 September 2020) Tunisia: Issues related to immigration detention The Global Detention Project (GDP) and the Forum Tunsien pour les Droits Économiques et Sociaux (FTDES) welcome the opportunity to […]
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Cyprus
Global Detention Project Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (85th Session, 7-25 September 2020) Cyprus: Issues related to immigration detention The Global Detention Project (GDP) welcomes the opportunity to provide information for consideration of the combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of Tunisia (CRC/C/TUN/4-6) to the Committee on the Rights of […]
Mauritius: Covid-19 and Detention
By the end of July, Mauritius had recorded nearly 350 cases of Covid-19 as well as 10 related deaths. Mauritius began taking precautionary measures early. On 22 January, the government began screening people upon arrival at the airport and from 28 February, despite there being no confirmed cases in the country, authorities began quarantining visitors […]
Canada: Covid-19 and Detention
There have been growing tensions between the United States and Canada over Canada’s continuing closure of its border to non-essential US travellers, which has been in effect since 21 March and is slated to remain in effect until September. Penalties for unlawfully crossing into Canada can be expensive, and can also involve detention and incarceration. […]
United States: Covid-19 and Detention
A damning new report in the New York Times (16 August) reveals the extensive use of hotels and untrained private contractors to detain unaccompanied children and families as part of speedy removal proceedings. The practice, part of the Trump administration’s pandemic-related immigration and border measures, aims to quickly “expel” migrants from the country rather than […]
Guyana Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Guyana Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Guyana, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Guyana Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Guyana: Country Page Guyana: COVID-19 Updates Working Paper: Immigration Detention Through the Lens of International Human Rights: Lessons from South America […]
