Having closed its borders in January in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus into the country from China, North Korea has declared that it has no cases of COVID-19. The country is believed to have established anti-coronavirus rules that involve “indiscriminate shooting” of anyone approaching its borders illegally. On 24 September 2020, […]
Detention Data
Nauru Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Nauru Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Nauru, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Nauru Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Nauru: Country Page Nauru: COVID-19 Updates Report (2016): Immigration Detention in Nauru […]
United Kingdom: Covid-19 and Detention
The Covid-19 pandemic appears to be fundamentally altering how migrants and asylum seekers arrive in the UK … and how the UK responds to these arrivals. So far this year, some 7,000 people have arrived irregularly on small boats that have made the perilous crossing of the Channel–more than three times the number during all […]
Tuvalu: Covid-19 and Detention
Like other Pacific-island nations that this platform has reported on (like Samoa and Tonga), Tuvalu had yet to report any COVID-19 cases as of October 2020. In March, the country instituted a State of Emergency and shut its borders to all inbound flights and vessels. Tuvalu has one hospital for its approximately 11,000-person population, with […]
Tonga Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Tonga Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Tonga, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Tonga Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Tonga: Country Page Tonga: COVID-19 Updates Tonga: International Law […]
Nauru: Covid-19 and Detention
During a near 20-year period (2001-2019), the tiny island nation of Nauru hosted a controversial offshore processing centre for Australia that confined asylum seeking men, women, and children in order to prevent them from making their journeys to Australia. Since the facility officially closed, refugees and asylum seekers on the island have faced a precarious […]
Tonga: Covid-19 and Detention
In March, Tonga instituted a State of Emergency and shut its borders in order to prevent a domestic outbreak. As with other Pacific-island nations like Palau and Samoa, Tonga remained as of October 2020 one of a small handful of countries that had not reported any COVID-19 cases. Historically, Tonga has not been a destination […]
Bahrain Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Bahrain Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Bahrain, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Bahrain Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Bahrain: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Bahrain (2016) International Women’s Day 2019: Focusing Attention on the Abuses Women Suffer in Immigration Detention […]
Palau Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Palau Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Palau, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Palau Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Palau: Country Page Palau: COVID-19 Updates Palau: International Law […]
Myanmar: Covid-19 and Detention
There have been some 7,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 147 deaths in Myanmar. After weeks without any local transmissions, Myanmar reported an outbreak in the western Rakhine state in mid-August that has since spread across the country. As of September 21, 45,000 people had been quarantined in the country’s attempts to contain the virus. […]
