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Mozambique Immigration Detention

Quick Facts

International migrants (2015): 222,900
New asylum applications (2016): 2,096

Centres List

No detention centres data available

Statistics Expand all

A. Detention, expulsion, and incarceration statistics

15,976

Criminal prison population

2015

Criminal prison population

Number	Observation Date
15,976	2015
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
15,735	2012
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
15,249	2010
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
15,000	2007
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
10,000	2004
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
8,812	1999
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
7,120	1996
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

0.9

Percentage of foreign prisoners

2012

Percentage of foreign prisoners

Percentage	Observation Date
0.9	2012
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

57

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

2015

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

Number	Observation Date
57	2015
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
64	2012
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
65	2010
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
69	2007
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
49	2004
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
49	1999
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
43	1996
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

B. Demographics and immigration-related statistics

27,978,000

Population

2015

Population

Number	Observation Date
27,978,000	2015
United Nations Population Fund, State of World Population, http://www.unfpa.org/fr/world-population-dashboard

222,900

International migrants

2015

International migrants

Number	Observation Date
222,900	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

0.8

International migrants as a percentage of the population

2015

International migrants as a percentage of the population

Percentage	Observation Date
0.8	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

4,907

Refugees

2018

Refugees

Number	Observation Date
4,907	2018
UNHCR Population Statistics, http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/overview
4,876	2017
UNHCR Population Statistics, http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/overview
4,663	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
5,622	2015
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
4,536	2014
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

0.16

Ratio of refugees per 1000 inhabitants

2016

Ratio of refugees per 1000 inhabitants

Number	Observation Date
0.16	2016
UNHCR, "Statistical Yearbook 2016", February 2018, www.unhcr.org/statistics/country/5a8ee0387/unhcr-statistical-yearbook-2016-16th-edition.html
0.17	2014
Statistical Annexes to the Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 26, "Indicators of host country capacity and contributions", 8 December 2015, https://www.unhcr.org/statistics/country/566584fc9/unhcr-statistical-yearbook-2014-14th-edition.html

2,096

Total number of new asylum applications

2016

Total number of new asylum applications

Number	Observation Date
2,096	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
3,285	2014
Statistical Annexes to the Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 26, "Indicators of host country capacity and contributions", 8 December 2015, https://www.unhcr.org/statistics/country/566584fc9/unhcr-statistical-yearbook-2014-14th-edition.html

100

Refugee recognition rate

2014

Refugee recognition rate

Number	Observation Date
100	2014
Statistical Annexes to the Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 26, "Indicators of host country capacity and contributions", 8 December 2015, https://www.unhcr.org/statistics/country/566584fc9/unhcr-statistical-yearbook-2014-14th-edition.html

0

Stateless persons

2016

Stateless persons

Number	Observation Date
0	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
0	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
Customary law	2017
World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/
Civil 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

K. COVID-19 UPDATES

International Law Expand all

1. Relevant international treaties and date of ratification

International treaties Show sources

Name	Ratification Year
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees	1983
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime	2006
UN Treaty Collection
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	1983
UN Treaty Collection
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1983
UN Treaty Collection
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	1993
UN Treaty Collection
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1997
UN Treaty Collection
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	1999
UN Treaty Collection
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child	1994
UN Treaty Collection
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	2012
UN Treaty Collection
ICRMW, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	2013
UN Treaty Collection
CRSSP, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons	2014
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children	2006
UN Treaty Collection
OPCAT, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	2014
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified

13/19

International treaty reservations Show sources

Name	Reservation Year	Observation Date
CRSR Article 22	1983	2017
UN Treaty Collection

Individual complaints procedure Show sources

Name	Acceptance Year
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999	2008
UN Treaty Collection
CRPD, Optional Protocol to o the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	2012
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of complaints procedures accepted Show sources

Number	Observation Date
2/7	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	1989
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Ratification Table: African Charter on Human and People's Rights, http://www.achpr.org/instruments/achpr/ratification/
ACRWC, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child	1998
Ratification Table: African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, http://www.achpr.org/instruments/child/ratification/.
APRW, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)	2005
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∗ Mozambique A/HRC/17/16, 28 March 2011, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/mozambique/session_10_-_january_2011/ahrc1716mozambiquee.pdf
No	2016	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* Mozambique, A/HRC/32/6, 12 April 2016 https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/mozambique/session_24_-_january_2016/a-hrc-32-6-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
585	2014
The World Bank. GDP Per Capita (current US$).

Remittances to the country Show sources

Remittances to the country (in millions USD)	Observation Date
217	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
2,103.4	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
180	Low	2015
Human Development Reports

B. Attitudes and Perceptions

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