Central African Republic

Detains migrants or asylum seekers?

Unknown

Has laws regulating migration-related detention?

Unknown

Refugees

11,213

2022

Asylum Applications

470

2022

International Migrants

88,546

2020

Population

5,700,000

2023

Overview

Types of facilities used for migration-related detention
Administrative Ad Hoc Criminal Unknown

15 December 2020 – Central African Republic

On 27 March, roughly a week after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the Central African Republic (CAR), authorities temporarily restricted entry for non-nationals and grounded all flights. President Faustin Archange Touadéra announced additional measures, including the closure of schools, bars, and an obligation to inform health authorities of any suspected coronavirus cases. The […]

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DETENTION STATISTICS

Total Migration Detainees (Entries + Remaining from previous year)
Not Available
2019

DETAINEE DATA

Total Number of Children Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
0
2017

DETENTION CAPACITY

ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION

ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT DATA

PRISON DATA

Criminal Prison Population (Year)
764
2016
845
2011
1,320
2010
1,233
2007
1,000
2005
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
16
2016
19
2011
30
2010
29
2007
25
2005

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
5,700,000
2023
4,800,000
2020
4,900,000
2015
International Migrants (Year)
88,546
2020
90,649
2019
81,600
2015
International Migrants as Percentage of Population (Year)
1.83
2020
1.7
2015
Refugees (Year)
11,213
2022
9,305
2021
9,083
2020
7,170
2019
6,655
2018
10,036
2017
12,107
2016
7,330
2015
7,694
2014
Ratio of Refugees Per 1000 Inhabitants (Year)
2.42
2016
1.6
2014
Asylum Applications (Year)
470
2022
220
2019
80
2016
16
2014
Stateless Persons (Year)
0
2022
0
2016
0
2015

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS

Gross Domestic Product per Capita (in USD)
358
2014
Unemployment Rate
2014
Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) (in Millions USD)
610.4
2014
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP)
187 (Low)
2014

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Does the Country Detain People for Migration, Asylum, or Citizenship Reasons?
Unknown
2022
Does the Country Have Specific Laws that Provide for Migration-Related Detention?
Unknown
2022

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Civil law
2017

LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

GROUNDS FOR MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

LENGTH OF MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION INSTITUTIONS

PROCEDURAL STANDARDS & SAFEGUARDS

DETENTION MONITORS

> National human rights monitoring bodies

> National Preventive Mechanisms (Optional Protocol to UN Convetion against Torture)

> Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

> Governmental monitoring bodies

> International detention monitoring

TRANSPARENCY

READMISSION/RETURN/EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS

COVID-19 DATA

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
ICPED, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
2016
2018
OPCRPD, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2016
2018
OP ICESCR, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
2016
2018
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1962
2017
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2006
2017
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1992
2017
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
1991
2017
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
2006
2017
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1981
2017
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1984
2017
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1971
2017
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2016
2016
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2016
2016
OPCAT, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2016
2016
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 14/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 1981
1981
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
1/4
2017
Relevant Recommendations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Recommendation Year
Observation Date
Human Rights Committee § 32. The State party should: (a) Develop and adopt a legal framework and a national strategy for assisting and protecting internally displaced persons in accordance with the relevant international standards, including the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; (b) Create conditions that are conducive to sustainable solutions for displaced persons and stateless refugees, including their voluntary and safe return; (c) Facilitate birth registration, including by raising public awareness and facilitating and expediting access to civil registry offices. 2020
2020
Committee on the Rights of the Child § 65. "The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Take all measures necessary to guarantee the rights and well-being of internally displaced children, including by providing access to clean water, adequate sanitation, food and shelter, and paying due attention to their needs in terms of health and education; (b) Develop a system of psychosocial support and assistance for children who are internally displaced, refugees and returnees, addressing their special recovery needs after the traumatic experiences of war; (c) Establish a mechanism to identify at the earliest possible stage children who may have been or are at risk of being recruited and/or used in hostilities and/or sexually abused by armed groups; (d) Continue to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF in that regard.... 77. In the light of its general comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice, the Committee urges the State party to bring its juvenile justice system fully into line with the Convention and other relevant standards and, in particular: (a) Ensure that children are not detained together with adults and that detention conditions are compliant with international standards, including with regard to access to education and health services; (b) Train judges on children’s rights and establish juvenile justice procedures, promoting alternative measures to detention, such as diversion, probation, mediation, counselling or community service, wherever possible, and ensure that detention is used as a last resort only and for the shortest possible period of time." 2017
2017

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Relevant Recommendations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2009
2017
No 2014
2017

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Regional Legal Instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
Observation Date
ACHPR, African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights 1986
1986
2017

DETENTION COSTS

OUTSOURCING

FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS