Dominica

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Immigration detainees

2019

No Data

Detained children

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Overview

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

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22 February 2021 – Dominica

22 February 2021

Dominica, a Caribbean island nation with an estimated population of 70,000, has legal provisions regulating detention and deportation of “prohibited immigrants” in its Immigration and Passport Act. The act also provides detention measures for “any person certified by a medical officer to be suffering from a contagious or infectious disease which makes his entry into […]

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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)
25,129
2016
Percentage of Foreign Prisoners (Year)
6.8
2016
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
232
2016

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
74,243
2020
International Migrants (Year)
8,264
2019
Refugees (Year)
0

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Does the Country Detain People for Migration, Asylum, or Citizenship Reasons?
Yes
2020
Does the Country Have Specific Laws that Provide for Migration-Related Detention?
Yes
1941

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Common law
2017

LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Detention-Related Legislation
Immigration and Passport Act 1941 (1941) 1994
1941

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

Has the country released immigration detainees as a result of the pandemic?
Unknown
2021
Has the country used legal "alternatives to detention" as part of pandemic detention releases?
Unknown
2021
Has the country Temporarily Ceased or Restricted Issuing Detention Orders?
No
2020
Has the Country Adopted These Pandemic-Related Measures for People in Immigration Detention?
COVID-19 Testing: UnknownVaccinations: UnknownProvision of Masks: UnknownProvision of Hygiene Supplies: UnknownSuspension of Visits: Unknown
2021
Has the Country Locked-Down Previously "Open" Reception Facilities, Shelters, Refugee Camps, or Other Forms of Accommodation for Migrant Workers or Other Non-Citizens?
Unknown
2021
Have cases of COVID-19 been reported in immigration detention facilities or any other places used for immigration detention purposes?
Unknown
2021
Has the Country Ceased or Restricted Deportations/Removals During any Period After the Onset of the Pandemic?
No
2020
Has the Country Released People from Criminal Prisons During the Pandemic?
Unknown
2021
Have Officials Blamed Migrants, Asylum Seekers, or Refugees for the Spread of COVID-19?
Yes
2021
Has the Country Restricted Access to Asylum Procedures?
Unknown
2021
Has the Country Commenced a National Vaccination Campaign?
Yes
2021
Have Populations of Concern Been Included/Excluded From the National Vaccination Campaign?
People in Immigration Custody (including legal in "alternatives to detention" or at open reception centres): UnknownRefugees: UnknownUndocumented Migrants: ExcludedAsylum Seekers: UnknownStateless People: Unknown
2021

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
2013
2013
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2013
2013
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2012
2012
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1994
1994
PCRSR, Protocol to the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1994
1994
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1993
1993
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1993
1993
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1991
1991
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
1987
1987
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
1980
1980
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 10/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
CRPD, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2012
2012
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
1/5
1/5

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Relevant Recommendations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2013
2017
Yes 2019
No 2014

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Regional Legal Instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
Observation Date
ACHR, American Convention on Human Rights 1993
1993
CBDP, Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belem do Para) 1995
1995
Regional Treaty Reservations
Reservation Year
Observation Date
ACHR Article 4 1993
1993
1993
ACHR Article 5 1993
1993
1993
ACHR Article 8 1993
1993
1993

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FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS