LATEST PUBLICATIONS Immigration Detention in Jordan: Detained by employers, locked inside refugee camps, pushed back into conflict zones Jordan has long played an important role in hosting refugees from neighbouring Arab states and has the second-largest share of refugees per capita worldwide. Although the country has at times been praised for its reception practices, arrests, forced […]
Ireland: Covid-19 and Detention
In an email exchange with the Global Detention Project, UNHCR Ireland reported that to their knowledge, deportations and removals had been suspended in light of the Covid-19 crisis. The International Protection Office was still functioning throughout the pandemic and applications were being accepted. However, the number of new applicants had decreased because of fewer arrivals. […]
Bahrain: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s request to complete our Covid-19 survey, Bahrain’s National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) provided a document detailing its role and actions during the coronavirus pandemic. The NIHR’s Committee on Detention & Facilities Visitation, convened on 28 May, affirmed the importance of continuing its visits to correction, rehabilitation, shelter and […]
Libya: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, an official from an international organisation, verified by the GDP, reported that no moratorium had been established in the country and that no immigration detainees had been released as a result of the pandemic (see 15 May Libya update on this platform). According to the official, authorities […]
Germany Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Germany Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Germany, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Germany Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Germany: Country Page Immigration Detention in Germany: From Open Arms to Public Backlash Staff Publications: Private Prison Labour – Paradox or Possibility? […]
Sierra Leone Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Sierra Leone Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Sierra Leone, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Sierra Leone Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Sierra Leone: Country Page Sierra Leone: COVID-19 Updates Sierra Leone: International Law […]
Germany: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the German National Agency for the Prevention of Torture, which acts as National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), reported that the country had not implemented a moratorium on immigration detention orders after the onset of the pandemic; however, some detainees had been released as a consequence of the crisis, […]
Chile Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Chile Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Chile, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Chile Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Chile: Country Page Chile: COVID-19 Updates Working Paper: Immigration Detention Through the Lens of International Human Rights: Lessons from South America […]
Immigration Detention in Jordan: Detained by Employers, Locked Inside Refugee Camps, Pushed Back into Conflict Zones
Jordan has long played an important role in hosting refugees from neighbouring Arab states and has the second-largest share of refugees per capita worldwide. Although the country has at times been praised for its reception practices, arrests, forced deportations—including into the Syrian conflict zone—and poor conditions of detention remain critical concerns. […]
Sierra Leone: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, an official from an international organisation, verified by the GDP, reported that in Sierra Leone, immigration detainees had not been released from detention and have not been tested for Covid-19. In addition, the source mentioned that the IOM assisted voluntary return and reintegration program had been suspended […]
