In mid-May, the governor of the Tak Province in Thailand issued a warning about the movement of Muslims from Myanmar and Bangladesh entering Thailand, stating that this posed a purported Covid-19-related threat. The announcement stated: “Tak is a province bordering the country of Myanmar that has movements of [migrant] workers, and also the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Asia-Pacific
Malaysia: Covid-19 and Detention
On 4 June, Malaysia recorded 277 COVID-19 cases—the highest daily figure recorded since the start of the outbreak. 270 of these cases involved foreigners detained at the Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Depot, which has a reported capacity of 1,500 people. Previously, on 25 May, the country’s Director General for Health Noor Hisham Abdullah announced that […]
Afghanistan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Afghanistan Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Afghanistan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Afghanistan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Afghanistan: Country Page Afghanistan: COVID-19 Updates Afghanistan: International Law […]
Afghanistan: Covid-19 and Detention
As of 28 May, Afghanistan had reported 13,036 cases of Covid-19 and 235 deaths related to the disease. As previously reported (See the 30 April Sweden update), the Afghan Ministry for Refugees wrote an open letter on 18 March 2020 to European countries requesting that they halt all deportations to Afghanistan due to the Covid-19 […]
Malaysia: Covid-19 and Detention
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 […]
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 […]
Cambodia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Cambodia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Cambodia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Cambodia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Cambodia: Country Page Cambodia: COVID-19 Updates Cambodia: International Law […]
India: Covid-19 and Detention
In mid-April, India’s Supreme Court directed the government to release “illegal foreigners” detained in Assam for more than two years in order to avoid overcrowding. Assam has become a hotspot for immigration detention in India, as scholar Sujata Ramachandran reported in a 2019 Working Paper for the Global Detention Project: “The country’s detention and deportation […]
Cambodia: Covid-19 and Detention
Cambodia has had few confirmed cases of Covid-19, numbering just over 100 as of mid-May. The country has taken a number of measures to prevent the spread of the disease. On 20 March, the border with Vietnam was closed and general entry restrictions were implemented for foreign travelers. On 30 March, it suspended the issuance […]
Philippines Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Philippines Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from the Philippines, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Philippines Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Philippines: Country Page Philippines: COVID-19 Updates Philippines: International Law […]
