Mali

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Has laws regulating migration-related detention?

Yes

Refugees

60,637

2022

Asylum Applications

880

2022

International Migrants

485,829

2020

Population

23,300,000

2023

International Migrants as % of Population

2.4%

2020

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Overview

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

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07 April 2021 – Mali

7 April 2021

The Republic of Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa with a population of more than 19 million people. Following the confirmation of the two first COVID-19 cases in the country in March 2020, the country was placed under a state of emergency and a curfew was imposed. On 18 March 2020, the government […]

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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)
5,209
2014
5,817
2011
6,700
2009
4,407
2004
4,040
2002
3,135
1998
4,384
1995
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
33
2014
40
2011
49
2009
38
2004
38
2002
32
1998
49
1995

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
23,300,000
2023
20,300,000
2020
17,600,000
2015
International Migrants (Year)
485,829
2020
468,230
2019
363,100
2015
International Migrants as Percentage of Population (Year)
2.4
2020
2.1
2015
Refugees (Year)
60,637
2022
49,975
2021
47,380
2020
26,672
2019
26,539
2018
17,039
2017
17,510
2016
15,917
2015
15,195
2014
Ratio of Refugees Per 1000 Inhabitants (Year)
0.97
2016
0.89
2015
Asylum Applications (Year)
880
2022
270
2019
207
2016
1,251
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)
704
2014
Remittances to the Country
923
2014
Unemployment Rate
2014
Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) (in Millions USD)
1,233.6
2014
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP)
179 (Low)
2015
Pew Global Attitudes Poll on Immigration
82
2007

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Does the Country Have Specific Laws that Provide for Migration-Related Detention?
Yes
2004

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Customary law
2017
Civil law
2017

LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Additional Legislation
Loi n° 04 – 058 du 25 novembre 2004 Relative aux conditions d’entrée, de séjour et d’établissement des étrangers en République du Mali (2004)
2004

GROUNDS FOR MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Criminal Penalties for Immigration-Related Violations
Yes (Yes)
2004

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
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
2002
2017
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2002
2017
CRSSP, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
2016
2017
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1973
2017
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2008
2017
ICRMW, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
2003
2017
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1990
2017
ICPED, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
2009
2017
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
1999
2017
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
1985
2017
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1974
2017
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
1980
2017
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1974
2017
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1974
2017
OPCAT, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2005
2005
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 15/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
CRPD, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2008
2008
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999 2000
2000
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 2001
2001
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
3/9
2017

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Relevant Recommendations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2013
2017
No 2008
2017

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Regional Legal Instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
Observation Date
APRW, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) 2005
2005
2017
ACRWC, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1998
1998
2017
ACHPR, African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights 1981
1981
2017

DETENTION COSTS

OUTSOURCING

FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS