Hungary’s efforts to block asylum seekers were at the centre of an important May 2020 European Union Court of Justice ruling concerning its “transit zone” detention sites, located along the border with Serbia. For years, Hungary refused to acknowledge that people were “detained” in these facilities, going so far as to refuse the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention entry during its visit to the country in 2018. […]
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Portugal Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Portugal Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Portugal, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Portugal Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Country Page: Portugal Report: Immigration Detention in Portugal – Resettling Refugees, Detaining Asylum Seekers Book: Immigration Detention in the European Union – In […]
Serbia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Serbia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Serbia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Serbia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Serbia: Country Page Serbia: Detention Centres Serbia: COVID-19 Updates […]
Macedonia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Macedonia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Macedonia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Macedonia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Country Page: Macedonia (2019) Joint Submission to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (in Preparation for its Visit to North Macedonia) […]
Belarus Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Belarus Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Belarus, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Belarus Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Belarus: Country Page Belarus: Detention Centres Belarus: COVID-19 Update […]
Albania Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Albania Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Albania, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Albania Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Albania: Country Page Albania: Detention Centres Albania: COVID-19 Updates […]
Immigration Detention in Spain: A Rapid Response to Covid-19
On 6 May 2020, Spain reported that for the first time in its history, its long-term immigration detention facilities, “Foreign Internment Centres,” were empty. These centres had long been the target of activists, local politicians, and human rights bodies, who argued that they were unnecessary and abusive. The Covid-19 crisis, which shut down deportation flights, provided a final push. But enormous questions remain. […]
Lithuania Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Lithuania Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Lithuania, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Lithuania Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Lithuania: Country Page Lithuania: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in Lithuania: Detention and Denial Amidst Extreme Population Decline […]
Turkey Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Turkey Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Turkey, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. Related Reading: Turkey: Country Page Turkey: Country Report Turkey: COVID-19 Updates […]
Immigration Detention in Belgium: Covid-19 Puts the Brakes on an Expanding Detention System
Belgium has adopted increasingly hardening immigration and asylum policies, including an expansion of its detention system. But the Covid-19 crisis has spurred the country to temporarily reduce its immigration detention capacity by half, to some 300 beds, while the Immigration Office has temporarily halted the registration of new asylum seekers. In 2017, the government back-peddled on an earlier commitment to stop detaining children when it opened new “family units” inside detention centres. […]
