Countries
1: Africa.
- 1.1: Angola.
- 1.2: Botswana.
- 1.3: Egypt.
- 1.4: Kenya.
- 1.5: Libya.
- 1.6: Mauritania.
  - 1.6.1: Introduction.
  - 1.6.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 1.6.3: Map of Detention Sites .
  - 1.6.4: Country Links.
  - 1.6.5: Reference List.
- 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 .

Mauritania

Quick Facts

Dedicated Migrant Detention Sites: 1 (2009)

Est. Detention Capacity: 216 Bunk Beds (2008)

Max. Length of Detention: No Limit

Refugees: 27,041 (January 2009)

Asylum Applicants: 62 (January 2009)

Last updated: February 2010

Mauritania Detention Profile

Reference List

Amnesty International (AI). 2008a. “Mauritania: Nobody Wants to Have Anything to Do With Us.” AFR 38/001/2008. 1 July 2008. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR38/001/2008/en/d05d42f1-393e-466c-831a-822d76fa3c1e/afr380012008eng.pdf (accessed 11 November 2009).
Amnesty International (AI). 2008b. “Migrants face illegal arrest in Mauritania.” AI. 2 July 2008. http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGNAU200807025281 (accessed 29 January 2010).
Choplin, Armelle and Jérôme Lombard. 2007. “Destination Nouadhibou pour les migrants africains.” Mappemonde: Numéro 88. http://mappemonde.mgm.fr/num16/lieux/lieux07401.html (accessed 18 November 2009).
Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR). 2009. “Informe de evaluación del centro de detención de migrantes en Nouadhibou (Mauritania).” CEAR. Declarada de Utilitad Pública. G 28651529. 2009. http://www.cear.es/files/Informe%20CEAR%20Nouadhibou%202009%20.pdf (accessed 11 November 2009).
European Social Watch (ESW). 2009. “Spain: The Externalisation of Migration and Asylum Policies: The Nouadhibou Detention Centre.” http://www.socialwatch.eu/wcm/Spain.html (accessed 2 February 2010).
Flynn, Michael. 2006. “Europe: On Its Borders, New Problems.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. November/December 2006. http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/fileadmin/publications/Flynn_Europe_Migration.pdf.
Frontex. 2009. “HERA 2008 and NAUTILUS 2008 Statistics.” 17 February 2009. http://www.frontex.europa.eu/newsroom/news_releases/art40.html (accessed 18 November 2009).
Jaaffar, Salim. 2005. “Les droits des étrangers en Mauritanie au regard des réfugiés et des demandeurs d’asile,” Revue du droit des étrangers en Mauritanie. Nouakchott, 18 March 2005.
Ramdam, Haimoud Ould. “Droit des étrangers et protection des réfugiés en Mauritanie,” Mémorandum. Revue juridique de droit mauritanien. April 2007.
Reuters. 2006. “Mauritania: Migrants Lie in Waiting.” Reuters. 2 November 2006. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/939977a148a66d1938848b4b26a8698c.htm (accessed 11 November 2009).
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2009. “Mauritania.” Web site. http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e486026 (accessed 18 November 2009).
United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). 2009. “Mauritania.” USCRI. http://www.refugees.org/countryreports.aspx?id=2362 (accessed 11 November 2009).
VOA News. 2007. “Clandestine Migration Changes in Mauritanian Hub Town.” VOA News. 3 August 2007. http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2007-08-03-voa32-66723207.html (accessed 11 November 2009).
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). 2008. “Mission to Mauritania.” United Nations Human Rights Council. A/HRC/10/21/Add.2. 21 November 2008. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/168/99/PDF/G0816899.pdf?OpenElement (accessed 11 November 2009).