New Zealand Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from New Zealand, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the New Zealand Detention Data Profile Related Reading: New Zealand: Country Page New Zealand: Domestic Law Report (2016): Immigration Detention in New Zealand […]
Asia-Pacific
Taiwan, Province of China: Covid-19 and Detention
Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency (NIA) announced the start of a three-month amnesty programme from 1 April until 30 June 2020. This programme is for foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas, allowing them to pay smaller fines and avoid detention should they report to immigration authorities during the grace period. The maximum penalty will be […]
Australia: Covid-19 and Detention
Numerous civil society organizations have issued calls for the release of immigration detainees in Australia, which took on new urgency after a private security guard at an ad hoc detention center in a hotel in Brisbane tested positive for Covid-19 in mid-March. On 23 March, asylum seekers in detention across Australia wrote an open letter […]
New Zealand: Covid-19 and Detention
The GDP has been unable to find any reports indicating that authorities have taken measures to assist migrants and asylum seekers, including those in detention. Visits to prisons have been suspended in New Zealand from 19 March 2020. Authorities had already taken some health and hygiene measures last year due to a measles epidemic which […]
Kyrgyzstan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Kyrgyzstan Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Kyrgyzstan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Kyrgyzstan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Kyrgyzstan: Country Page Kyrgyzstan: Relevant International Law […]
Uzbekistan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Uzbekistan Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Uzbekistan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Uzbekistan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Uzbekistan: Country Page Uzbekistan: Relevant International Law […]
Turkmenistan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Turkmenistan Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Turkmenistan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Turkmenistan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Turkmenistan: Country Page Turkmenistan: Relevant International Law […]
Timor-Leste Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Timor-Leste Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Timor-Leste, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Timor-Leste Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Timor-Leste: Country Page Timor-Leste: Relevant International Law […]
Tajikistan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Tajikistan Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Tajikistan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Tajikistan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Tajikistan: Country Page Tajikistan: Relevant International Law […]
Solomon Islands Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Solomon Islands Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from the Solomon Islands, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Solomon Islands Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Solomon Islands: Country Page Solomon Islands: Relevant International Law […]