Countries
1: Africa.
- 1.1: Angola.
- 1.2: Botswana.
  - 1.2.1: Introduction.
  - 1.2.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 1.2.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 1.2.4: Country Links.
  - 1.2.5: Reference List.
- 1.3: Egypt.
- 1.4: Kenya.
- 1.5: Libya.
- 1.6: Mauritania.
- 1.7: Morocco.
- 1.8: Senegal.
- 1.9: South Africa.
- 1.10: Tanzania.
- 1.11: Tunisia.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
5: Middle East .

Botswana Profile

Quick Facts

Number of Immigration Detention Sites: 1 (2008)

Detention Capacity: 500 (2008)

Number of asylum seekers:
4 (end of 2007)

Disclaimer

Last updated: February 2009

Botswana Detention Profile

Botswana Reference List

Africa News. 2007. “Botswana Urged to Give Better Treatment to Refugees”. Africa News. 3 July 2007.
Government of Botswana. 2005. Reports submitted by States parties under Article 9 of the Convention. Sixteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 2005: Addendum: Botswana. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). CERD/C/495/Add.1. 2 September 2005. http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx (accessed February 2009).
Ditshwanelo – the Botswana Centre for Human Rights. 2006. Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 68th session. Ditshwanelo. Geneva. 3-6 March 2006.
Campbell, Euguene K. 2006. Reflections on Illegal Immigration in Botswana and South Africa. Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana. Gaborone, Botswana.
Gabathuse, R. 2008. "Centre for illegal immigrants". Mmegi Online. Vol. 25, No. 68. Friday 9 May 2008. www.mmegi.bw (accessed February 2009).
South African Migration Project (SAMP) website. Botswana. South African Migration Project (SAMP) - Queens University. January 2007. http://www.queensu.ca/samp/migrationnews/article.php?Mig_News_ID=4328&Mig_News_Issue=25&Mig_News_Cat=3 (accessed 8 December 2008).
Government of Botswana. Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs website. The Government of Botswana. http://www.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=40 (accessed February 2009).
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2008. Statistical Yearbook 2007. UNHCR. December 2008.
U.S. State Department. 2006. Botswana: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. U.S. State Department, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 6 March 2007. www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78720.htm (accessed 18 June 2007).