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Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territory) Immigration Detention

Quick Facts

New asylum applications (2016): 177

Centres List

No detention centres data available

Statistics Expand all

A. Detention, expulsion, and incarceration statistics

190

Criminal prison population

2014

Criminal prison population

Number	Observation Date
190	2014
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

16

Percentage of foreign prisoners

2009

Percentage of foreign prisoners

Percentage	Observation Date
16	2009
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

325

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

2014

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

Number	Observation Date
325	2014
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

B. Demographics and immigration-related statistics

13

Refugees

2016

Refugees

Number	Observation Date
13	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
12	2015
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
6	2014
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

177

Total number of new asylum applications

2016

Total number of new asylum applications

Number	Observation Date
177	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

0

Stateless persons

2016

Stateless persons

Number	Observation Date
0	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

Domestic Law Expand all

A. LEGAL TRADITION

B. LAWS AND REGULATIONS

C. GROUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE IMMIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

D. CRIMINALIZATION OF IMMIGRATION-RELATED OFFENCES

E. LENGTH OF DETENTION

Maximum length of detention for persons detained upon arrival at ports of entry

Number of Days	Observation Date
549	2013

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

Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified

0/19

2. Regional treaties, regulations, and directives

3. Bilateral/Multilateral agreements linked to readmissions

4. Non treaty-based international human rights mechanisms

Institutions Expand all

A. Governing structures

B. Institutions responsible for immigration detention

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation Date
Immigration Department	Immigration Department	Immigration or Citizenship	2012
Fuller, Brent. "Migrant detention centre 'uninhabitable'" Cayman Compass. 13 February 2012.

Detention Facility Management Show sources