Despite being one of the only EU countries to openly embrace assisting refugees during the 2015 "crisis," Germany has since adopted a host of restrictive measures, including policies intended to increase removals, and an expansion of the range of facilities used to detain non-nationals.
Full Country Profile2,777
Immigration detainees
2018
15
Detained children
2013
11
Long-term centres
2019
165,857
New asylum applications
2019
1,146,682
Refugees
2019
As Covid-19 spreads through communities across the globe, fundamentally re-shaping how societies operate, there are pressing concerns about the impact the pandemic is having on migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. These concerns have particular urgency in the context of border controls, detention measures, and deportation procedures.
Read MoreDuring the past decade, Algeria has employed increasingly punitive methods to limit the entry and stay of refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented migrants. Sometimes under threat of violence, tens of thousands of people have been forcibly deported in desert areas bordering Mali and Niger.
Full Country ProfileNo Data
Immigration detainees
No Data
Detained children
2,725
New asylum applications
2019
98,599
Refugees
2019
249,075
International migrants
2019
Although Jordan has at times been praised for its reception practices, arrests, forced deportations—including into the Syrian conflict zone—and poor detention conditions remain critical concerns. Migrant workers, meanwhile, face enormous barriers to securing basic rights and are particularly vulnerable to arbitrary arrest and detention—including at the hands of their employers.
Full Country Profile2,541
Immigration detainees
2014
No Data
Detained children
1,189
New asylum applications
2019
693,668
Refugees
2019
3,346,703
International migrants
2019
Every day, thousands of people are detained for reasons related to their immigration status: asylum seekers, migrants, refugees, and stateless persons. The GDP relentlessly pursues information about where they are locked up and how they are treated to ensure that their human rights are protected.
Earlier this month, leaks revealed that the UK government has considered plans to send asylum seekers to offshore “processing” facilities stretching from Europe to North Africa to Asia, including in Moldova, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, and even Ascension Island and St Helena. According to the Guardian, which obtained the documents, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and […]
This book offers a unique comparative assessment of the evolution of immigration detention systems in European Union member states since the onset of the “refugee crisis.” By applying an analytical framework premised on international human rights law in assessing domestic detention regimes, the book reveals the extent to which EU legislation has led to the adoption of laws and practices that may disregard fundamental rights and standards. […]
As the coronavirus pandemic changes the lives of societies around the world, countries are being forced to alter their detention and deportation decisions. The GDP has launched a new, dedicated Covid-19 global tracking platform to monitor governments’ treatment of immigration detainees during the crisis. […]
As the coronavirus pandemic changes the lives of societies around the world, so too must it spur consideration for how countries are choosing to treat people in their custody for immigration- or asylum-related reasons. This need is all the more pressing given how leaders in many countries have begun capitalising on the disease’s spread to fuel […]
The “refugee crisis” helped spur a “tech turn” in how people travel across borders and how governments and others respond to these movements. Everyone from civil society organisations—including the Global Detention Project—and individual activists to humanitarian technologists, government officials, and international bureaucrats have experimented with social media and other new forms of digital technology to […]
“Crossing a Red Line” is the final report of the Red Line Project, a collaborative initiative led by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee that was aimed at documenting the shift from “reception” to “detention” in EU border regions and the implications of this shift on asylum seekers. The project also counted on the participation of the Global Detention Project, the Bulgarian Foundation for Access to Rights, the Greek Council for Refugees, and the Italian Council for Refugees. […]
