Long an important destination for migrants and refugees from across Africa and Asia, South Africa has increasingly viewed cross border movements through the lens of national security and criminality. The country’s Border Management Act, adopted in 2020, reflects this embrace of a securitisation agenda, say observers, who worry that the country’s policies will encourage an […]
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NEWSLETTER: Human Rights Concerns in Papua New Guinea, Hungary, Sudan, Greece, and Chile
Ahead of the UPR’s 39th Session, the GDP has submitted information relating to detention practices, asylum processes, and border enforcement measures in Papua New Guinea, Hungary, Sudan, and Greece. […]
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review: Sudan
This submission has been prepared by the Global Detention Project for the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of Sudan in November 2021, and focuses on human rights concerns relating to Sudan’s immigration enforcement policies. […]
South Africa Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
South Africa Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from South Africa, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the South Africa Detention Data Profile Related Reading: South Africa: Country Page South Africa: COVID-19 Updates Staff Publication: “There and Back Again: On the Diffusion of Immigration Detention” […]
Lesotho Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Lesotho Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Lesotho, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Lesotho Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Lesotho: Country Page Lesotho: COVID-19 Updates Lesotho: International Law […]
Tanzania Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Tanzania Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Tanzania, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Tanzania Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Tanzania: Country Page Tanzania: COVID-19 Updates Tanzania: International Law […]
Tunisia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Tunisia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Tunisia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Tunisia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Tunisia: Country Page Joint Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Tunisia Report: Immigration Detention in Tunisia – Shrouded in […]
Algeria Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Algeria Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Algeria, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Algeria Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Algeria: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Algeria, Pandemic Pushbacks Joint Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers: Algeria Algeria: COVID-19 Updates […]
Libya Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Libya Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Libya, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Libya Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Libya: Country Page Special Report: Physical Fences and Digital Divides: Final Report of the Global Detention Project Special Investigation into the Uses of […]
Ethiopia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Ethiopia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Ethiopia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Ethiopia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Ethiopia: Country Page Ethiopia: COVID-19 Updates Ethiopia: International Law […]
