Although little information regarding the country’s immigration detention system is available, data collected by the GDP over the past years shows that the country has used at least five facilities to hold immigration detainees, including prisons and detention centres (see the GDP’s Bahrain immigration detention profile). In 2017, the country had around 820,000 international migrants, […]
Niger Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Niger Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Niger, 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) Refugees: 179,997 (2019) International migrants: 294,161 (2019) New asylum applications: 43,584 (2019) Is the NHRI recognised as independent? Yes […]
Tunisia: Covid-19 and Detention
As of 17 April 2020, there were 780 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 35 deaths related to the virus in Tunisia. No cases had yet been recorded among the prison population. While the President released 1,420 prisoners at the end of March, the GDP has been unable to find reports indicating that any measures to protect […]
Rwanda: Covid-19 and Detention
Refugees and migrants, relocated to Rwanda from Libya and subsequently held in Gashora Emergency Transit Centre outside Kigali, have protested against their lockdown. Rwanda has accepted several hundred persons, evacuated from Libya’s notorious detention facilities. Some have been screened and approved for relocation to countries including Canada and Norway, but the lockdown has suspended their […]
Russian Federation: Covid-19 and Detention
On 18 April, President Putin signed a decree “On Temporary Measures to Resolve the Legal Situation of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation in Connection with the Threat of Further Spread of the new Coronavirus Infection Covid-19.” This new decree provides that the period from 15 March until 15 June 2020 will […]
Lithuania Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Lithuania Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Lithuania, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Lithuania Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Lithuania: Country Page Lithuania: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in Lithuania: Detention and Denial Amidst Extreme Population Decline […]
Taiwan, Province of China Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Taiwan, Province of China Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Taiwan, Province of China, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Taiwan, Province of China Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Taiwan, Province of China: Country Page Private: Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the […]
Lithuania: Covid-19 and Detention
Lithuania’s migration situation has been shaped by steep population decline since it joined the EU (dropping by some 15 percent since 2004), shrinking migrant population, and relatively minor asylum pressures (with roughly 400 asylum applicants a year). And yet, the country remains among the worst performers with respect to its integration policies, according to the […]
Taiwan Ministry of Interior Responds to Joint Global Detention Project-Amnesty International COVID-19 Information Request
In response to an information request jointly submitted by the Global Detention Project and Amnesty International Taiwan, the Ministry of the Interior reported that to date they have not begun systematically testing new immigration detainees for Covid-19. However, the agency also reported, “Before people are detained, they must be asked about their health condition, undergo […]
Ireland: Covid-19 and Detention
The Irish Department of Justice and Equality announced that all immigration permits due to expire between 20.03.2020 and 20.05.2020 are to be automatically renewed for a period of two months. In addition, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection introduced a Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, accessible to all workers irrespective of legal status. The […]
