According to information submitted to the GDP by Kendra Rinas, the IOM’s Chief of Mission in Malaysia, all immigration detainees (believed by the IOM to number over 13,000 people) are now being tested for the virus, and on 26 May authorities ceased issuing new detention orders. These developments emerged following news of rapidly rising numbers […]
Serbia: Covid-19 and Detention
Since March, all transit and asylum centres have been in lock-down. Raids of squats and informal accommodation have increased since then, with migrants and asylum seekers apprehended and transferred to camps across the country. According to the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), the government temporarily opened several “camps,” which have been quickly filled with new […]
Netherlands: Covid-19 and Detention
In a response to a GDP survey, Revijara Oosterhuis from the Immigration Detention Hotline (Meldpunt Vreemdelingendetentie) confirmed that as of 15 May, 260 persons remained in detention in the Netherlands. 64 persons with Dublin claims had been released and placed in shelters, followed by an additional 130 persons – although this second group did not […]
Burkina Faso Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Burkina Faso Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Burkina Faso, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Burkina Faso Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Burkina Faso: Country Page Burkina Faso: COVID-19 Updates Burkina Faso: International Law […]
Hungary: Covid-19 and Detention
Following the CJEU’s ruling on 14 May, (see our 15 April update on Hungary) in which the Court held that Hungary had been illegally detaining asylum-seekers as “the placing of asylum seekers or third-country nationals… in the Rözke transit zone… must be classified as ‘detention,’” the government announced it will be closing transit zone camps. […]
Serbia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Serbia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Serbia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Serbia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Serbia: Country Page Serbia: Detention Centres Serbia: COVID-19 Updates […]
Macedonia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Macedonia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Macedonia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Macedonia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Country Page: Macedonia (2019) Joint Submission to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (in Preparation for its Visit to North Macedonia) […]
India Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
India Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from India, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the India Detention Data Profile Related Reading: India: Country Page Private: The Contours of Crimmigration Control in India – Global Detention Project Working Paper No. 25 India: COVID-19 Updates […]
Belarus Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Belarus Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Belarus, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Belarus Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Belarus: Country Page Belarus: Detention Centres Belarus: COVID-19 Update […]
Nigeria Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Nigeria Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Nigeria, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Nigeria Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Nigeria: Country Page Nigeria: COVID-19 Updates Nigeria: International Law […]
