Preliminary remarks; (Read full CPT report) 39. For the first time, the CPT’s delegation visited Vranidoll Detention Centre for Foreigners, which is the only establishment of this type in Kosovo*. The Centre was opened in 2015 and it is managed by the Department of Citizenship, Asylum and Migration (DCAM) of the Ministry of the Interior. […]
Europe
Norway Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Norway Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Norway, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Norway Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Norway: Country Page Special Report: Harm Reduction in Immigration Detention Report: Immigration Detention in Norway – Fewer Asylum Seekers but More Deportees […]
Norway: Covid-19 and Detention
The Norwegian Red Cross has reported that since March, it has been unable to access Norway’s sole long-term detention facility, the Trandum Detention Centre. Although the organisation has remained in close contact with the facility’s staff during the pandemic, it has been unable to physically enter the facility and its volunteers have only been able […]
Netherlands Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Netherlands Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Netherlands, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Netherlands Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Netherlands: Country Page Netherlands: COVID-19 Updates Report: Immigration Detention in the Netherlands: Prioritising Returns in Europe and the Caribbean […]
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 […]
Malta Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Malta Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Malta, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Malta Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Malta: Country Page Malta: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in Malta: “Betraying” European Values? […]
Kosovo Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Kosovo Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Kosovo, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Kosovo Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Kosovo: Country Page […]
Immigration Detention in Germany: From Open Arms to Public Backlash
During the height of Europe’s migration “crisis,” Germany was one of the few EU countries to openly embrace assisting refugees, registering more than a million arrivals in less than two years. However, this stance spurred a public backlash, which led to the adoption of a host of restrictive measures, including policies intended to increase removals, limit family reunifications, and expand the range of facilities that can be used to detain migrants. […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Bosnia and Herzegovina, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Bosnia and Herzegovina Detention Data Profile Related Readings: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Country Page Submission to the UN Committee against Torture: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Covid-19 and Detention
Amidst rising xenophobic sentiment in the country (see 29 April update on this platform), in mid-August residents of Velika Kladusa (in the Krajina region, on the Bosnian-Croatian border) staged a protest to denounce purported assaults by foreigners on local civilians. The protestors reportedly blocked a road leading to an asylum seeker reception centre. During the […]
