Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 Survey, the UN human rights regional office in Panama (ROCA) reported that Panama has not established a moratorium on new immigration detention orders and that the country is not contemplating the measure. ROCA also explained that no immigration detainees have been released and that there are no “alternatives […]
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Honduras Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Honduras Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Honduras, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Honduras Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Honduras: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Honduras (2015) Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers: Honduras (2015) […]
Honduras : Covid-19 and Detention
As of early May, Honduras continued to receive some 100 returned men and women from the United States every day, according to the IOM (5 May). Although no cases of Covid-19 amongst returnees had yet to be detected, IOM reported that it was helping prepare Honduran authorities in the case of an outbreak, including working […]
Ecuador Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Ecuador Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Ecuador, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Ecuador Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Ecuador: Country Page Working Paper: Immigration Detention Through the Lens of International Human Rights: Lessons from South America Report: Immigration Detention in Ecuador […]
Ecuador: Covid-19 and Detention
While the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has exploded in Brazil, Ecuador has experienced the region’s highest number of deaths per capita and the country has introduced strict containment measures – including curfews between 2pm and 5am, and heavy fines for quarantine violations. Having closed its land borders, the government launched a military operation in […]
Brazil:Covid-19 and Detention
Brazil has the most Covid-19 cases and deaths in South America, (241,080 cases and 16,122 deaths as of 18 May). However, the Bolsonaro government has been notoriously dismissive of the pandemic, with the president saying that “unemployment, hunger and misery will be the future of those who support the tyranny of total isolation.” On 23 […]
Cayman Islands Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Cayman Islands Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from the Cayman Islands, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Cayman Islands Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Cayman Islands: Country Page Cayman Islands: Immigration and Detention Related Statistics […]
Trinidad and Tobago: Covid-19 and Detention
Trinidad and Tobago reportedly operates one dedicated immigration detention centre, the Aripo Detention Centre in Arima, which has a total capacity of 150 places. In recent years, the country has cracked down on Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers who have fled violence and economic hardship in their country. The Covid-19 pandemic reached the Carribean in […]
United States: Covid-19 and Detention
Health officials in the state of California announced the first COVID-19 fatality of an immigration detainee on 7 May. The person had been detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, which is operated by the prison prison company CoreCivic (formerly the Corrections Corporation of America) in San Diego. The ACLU, in a tweet, said: “The […]
United States: Covid-19 and Detention
During the week of 27 April 2020, two ICE guards in a Louisiana detention centre died after contracting Covid-19. Relatives reported that they believed both men had contracted the virus while working at Richwood Correctional Centre in Monroe. In addition, reports indicate that although 45 detainees had tested positive for the virus, guards were allegedly […]
