Chad

Detains migrants or asylum seekers?

Yes

Has laws regulating migration-related detention?

Yes

Refugees

592,764

2022

Asylum Applications

4,953

2022

International Migrants

547,494

2020

Population

18,300,000

2023

Overview

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

06 September 2020 – Chad

Chad’s geographic location–as Libya’s southern neighbour and located at a crossroads between east and west Africa–has resulted in a “a complex humanitarian crisis,” according to IOM, and one which is further impacted by the country’s severe economic problems. As of mid-2020, there were an estimated 133,000 internally displaced persons and 475,000 refugees and asylum seekers. […]

Read More…

B. Baloch, “Clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur force 2,500 to seek safety in Chad,” UNHCR,  11 August 2020, https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2020/8/5f3248204/clashes-sudans-west-darfur-force-2500-seek-safety-chad.html
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DETENTION STATISTICS

Total Migration Detainees: Flow + Stock (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)
4,831
2011
4,775
2010
3,416
2005
3,883
2002
2,385
2000
2,530
1996
2,867
1994
Percentage of Foreign Prisoners (Year)
1.3
2002
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
39
2011
43
2010
34
2005
43
2002
29
2000
35
1996
42
1994

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
18,300,000
2023
16,400,000
2020
14,037,000
2015
International Migrants (Year)
547,494
2020
512,230
2019
517,000
2015
International Migrants as Percentage of Population (Year)
3.33
2020
3.7
2015
Refugees (Year)
592,764
2022
555,782
2021
478,649
2020
442,670
2019
451,210
2018
411,482
2017
391,235
2016
369,540
2015
452,897
2014
Ratio of Refugees Per 1000 Inhabitants (Year)
26.99
2016
33.3
2014
Asylum Applications (Year)
4,953
2022
1,163
2019
164
2016
2,386
2014
Refugee Recognition Rate (Year)
100
2014
Stateless Persons (Year)
0
2022
0
2016
0
2015

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS

Gross Domestic Product per Capita (in USD)
1,024
2014
Remittances to the Country
64,140
2014
Unemployment Rate
2014
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP)
185 (Low)
2015

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Does the Country Detain People for Migration, Asylum, or Citizenship Reasons?
Yes
2023
Does the Country Have Specific Laws that Provide for Migration-Related Detention?
Yes
2023

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Civil law
2017
Customary 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

HEALTH CARE

COVID-19 DATA

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2019
2019
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1981
2017
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2009
2017
CRSSP, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
1999
2017
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1990
2017
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
1995
2017
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1995
2017
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
1995
2017
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1995
2017
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1977
2017
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 10/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 1995
1995
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
1/6
2017
Relevant Recommendations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Recommendation Year
Observation Date
Committee against Torture §34 [...] (e) Authorize the verification by United Nations led teams of the presence of children inmilitary camps, training centres and detention centres, as agreed by the State party inMay 2008 during the visit of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; (f) Ensure that refugee camps and sites for displaced persons are of a civilian and humanitarian nature and increase the security and protection of civilian populations both within and around them, given that such measures help in preventing the recruitment of children and in protecting them 2009
2009

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

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

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Regional Legal Instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
Observation Date
ACRWC, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2000
2000
2017
ACHPR, African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights 1986
1986
2017

DETENTION COSTS

OUTSOURCING

FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS