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Liberia Immigration Detention

Quick Facts

International migrants (2015): 113,800
New asylum applications (2016): 9

Centres List

No detention centres data available

Statistics Expand all

A. Detention, expulsion, and incarceration statistics

2,023

Criminal prison population

2016

Criminal prison population

Number	Observation Date
2,023	2016
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
1,930	2012
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
1,601	2011
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
1,420	2009
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
1,022	2007
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

2

Percentage of foreign prisoners

2007

Percentage of foreign prisoners

Percentage	Observation Date
2	2007
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

44

Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)

2016

Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)

Number	Observation Date
44	2016
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
46	2012
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
39	2011
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
36	2009
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
29	2007
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

B. Demographics and immigration-related statistics

4,503,000

Population

2015

Population

Number	Observation Date
4,503,000	2015
United Nations Population Fund. State of World Population 2015, http://www.unfpa.org/fr/world-population-dashboard

113,800

International migrants

2015

International migrants

Number	Observation Date
113,800	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

2.5

International migrants as a percentage of the population

2015

International migrants as a percentage of the population

Percentage	Observation Date
2.5	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

18,973

Refugees

2016

Refugees

Number	Observation Date
18,973	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
36,505	2015
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
38,595	2014
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

8.78

Ratio of refugees per 1000 inhabitants

2014

Ratio of refugees per 1000 inhabitants

Number	Observation Date
8.78	2014
Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 10 and 26, Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum and level in the procedure, 2014. http://www.unhcr.org/54cf9bc29.html

9

Total number of new asylum applications

2016

Total number of new asylum applications

Number	Observation Date
9	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
25	2014
Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 10 and 26, Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum and level in the procedure, 2014. http://www.unhcr.org/54cf9bc29.html

90.9

Refugee recognition rate

2014

Refugee recognition rate

Number	Observation Date
90.9	2014
Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 10 and 26, Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum and level in the procedure, 2014. http://www.unhcr.org/54cf9bc29.html

0

Stateless persons

2016

Stateless persons

Number	Observation Date
0	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
1	2015
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Country information: Statistical snapshot. http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

Domestic Law Expand all

A. LEGAL TRADITION

Legal tradition Show sources

Name	Observation Date
Common law	2017
World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/
Customary law	2017
World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/

B. LAWS AND REGULATIONS

C. GROUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE IMMIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

D. CRIMINALIZATION OF IMMIGRATION-RELATED OFFENCES

E. LENGTH OF DETENTION

F. PROCEDURAL STANDARDS

G. NON-CUSTODIAL MEASURES (ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION)

H. VULNERABLE PERSONS

I. MANDATORY DETENTION

J. EXPEDITED REMOVAL AND RE-ENTRY BAN

International Law Expand all

1. Relevant international treaties and date of ratification

International treaties Show sources

Name	Ratification Year
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	1984
UN Treaty Collection
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1976
UN Treaty Collection
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	2004
UN Treaty Collection
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	2004
UN Treaty Collection
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1984
UN Treaty Collection
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	2004
UN Treaty Collection
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child	1993
UN Treaty Collection
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	2012
UN Treaty Collection
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees	1964
UN Treaty Collection
CRSSP, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons	1964
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children	2004
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime	2004
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified

12/19

Ratio of complaints procedures accepted Show sources

Number	Observation Date
0/7	2017
UN Treaty Collection

2. Regional treaties, regulations, and directives

Regional legal instruments Show sources

Name	Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
ACHPR, African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights	1982
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Ratification Table: African Charter on Human and People's Rights, http://www.achpr.org/instruments/achpr/ratification/
APRW, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)	2007
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Ratification Table: Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, http://www.achpr.org/instruments/women-protocol/ratification/

3. Bilateral/Multilateral agreements linked to readmissions

4. Non treaty-based international human rights mechanisms

Relevant recommendations of the UN Universal Periodic Review Show sources

Recomendation Issued	Year Issued	Observation Date
No	2011	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* Liberia, A/HRC/16/3, 4 January 2011, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/liberia/session_9_-_november_2010/ahrc163liberiae.pdf
No	2015	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* Liberia, A/HRC/30/4, 13 July 2015, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/liberia/session_22_-_may_2015/a_hrc_30_4_e.pdf

Institutions Expand all

A. Governing structures

B. Institutions responsible for immigration detention

C. Detention monitoring institutions

D. Outsourcing and privatisation

E. Expenditures

F. Foreign sources of funding for detention operations

Socio Economic Data Expand all

A. Economics and Development Indicators

Gross Domestic Product per capita (in USD) Show sources

Gross Domestic Product per capita (in USD)	Observation Date
458	2014
The World Bank. GDP Per Capita (current US$).

Remittances to the country Show sources

Remittances to the country (in millions USD)	Observation Date
528	2014
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

Unemployment Rate Show sources

Unemployment Rate	Observation Date
	2014
The World Bank. Unemployment, total (% of total labor force), 2014

Net official development assistance (ODA) (in millions USD) Show sources

Net official development assistance (ODA) (in USD)	Observation Date
744.3	2014
OECD - DAC, Net ODA in millions USD, 2014, http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats

Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP) Show sources

Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP)	UNDP four-tiered ranking	Observation Date
177	Low	2015
Human Development Reports

B. Attitudes and Perceptions

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