COVID-19 Reveals the Inherent Vindictiveness of Migration Detention

While calls to protect prison populations have steadily grown during the Covid-19 pandemic, another detainee population has seemingly been overlooked in many parts of the world: immigration detainees.  In country after country and across all regions of the world, as authorities worked to shrink their prison populations, often by targeting low-level offenders and those nearing […]

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Burkina Faso Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Burkina Faso Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Burkina Faso, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Burkina Faso Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Burkina Faso: Country Page Burkina Faso: COVID-19 Updates Burkina Faso: International Law […]

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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 […]

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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) […]

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India Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

India Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from India, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the India Detention Data Profile Related Reading: India: Country Page Private: The Contours of Crimmigration Control in India – Global Detention Project Working Paper No. 25 India: COVID-19 Updates […]

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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 […]

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Nigeria Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Nigeria Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Nigeria, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Nigeria Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Nigeria: Country Page Nigeria: COVID-19 Updates Nigeria: International Law […]

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Cambodia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Cambodia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Cambodia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Cambodia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Cambodia: Country Page Cambodia: COVID-19 Updates Cambodia: International Law […]

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Ecuador Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Ecuador Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Ecuador, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Ecuador Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Ecuador: Country Page Working Paper: Immigration Detention Through the Lens of International Human Rights: Lessons from South America Report: Immigration Detention in Ecuador […]

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Morocco Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

Morocco Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Morocco, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. Quick facts: Immigration detainees: Not available (2019) International migrants: 98,574 (2019) New asylum applications: 5,621 (2019) Refugees: 6,642 (2019) Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified: 14/19 View the Morocco Detention Data […]

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