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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Immigration Detention

Quick Facts

International migrants (2015): 4,600

Centres List

No detention centres data available

Statistics Expand all

A. Detention, expulsion, and incarceration statistics

412

Criminal prison population

2014

Criminal prison population

Number	Observation Date
412	2014
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
460	2013
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

8.3

Percentage of foreign prisoners

2014

Percentage of foreign prisoners

Percentage	Observation Date
8.3	2014
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
7.8	2013
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

378

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

2014

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

Number	Observation Date
378	2014
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
422	2013
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

B. Demographics and immigration-related statistics

109,000

Population

2015

Population

Number	Observation Date
109,000	2015
United Nations Population Fund, State of World Population, http://www.unfpa.org/fr/world-population-dashboard

4,600

International migrants

2015

International migrants

Number	Observation Date
4,600	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

4.2

International migrants as a percentage of the population

2015

International migrants as a percentage of the population

Percentage	Observation Date
4.2	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

0

Refugees

2015

Refugees

Number	Observation Date
0	2015
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, "Country information: Statistical snapshot," http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

0

Stateless persons

2015

Stateless persons

Number	Observation Date
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
Common 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
ICRMW, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	2010
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	2010
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime	2010
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children	2010
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
PCRSR, Protocol to the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees	2003
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	2001
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CRSSP, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons	1999
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	1999
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child	1993
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees	1993
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1981
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	1981
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1981
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	1981
United Nations, UN Treaty Collection, http://treaties.un.org/

Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified

14/19

Individual complaints procedure Show sources

Name	Acceptance Year
CRPD, Optional Protocol to o the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	2010
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Human Rights by Country. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/Pages/HumanRightsintheWorld.aspx
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966	1981
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Human Rights by Country. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/Pages/HumanRightsintheWorld.aspx

Ratio of complaints procedures accepted Show sources

Number	Observation Date
2/8
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Human Rights by Country. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/Pages/HumanRightsintheWorld.aspx
2/8
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Human Rights by Country. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/Pages/HumanRightsintheWorld.aspx

2. Regional treaties, regulations, and directives

Regional legal instruments Show sources

Name	Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
CBDP, Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belem do Para)	1996
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Basic Documents in the Inter-American System. http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/mandate/basic_documents.asp

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	2016	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review** Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, A/HRC/33/5, 8 July 2016, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/saint_vincent_and_the_grenadines/session_25_-_may_2016/a_hrc_33_5_e.pdf
No	2011
United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Universal Periodic Review Documentation.

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
6,668	2014
The World Bank, "GDP Per Capita (current US$) - Jordan," accessed on 26 June 2020, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=JO

Remittances to the country Show sources

Remittances to the country (in millions USD)	Observation Date
32	2014
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

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

Net official development assistance (ODA) (in USD)	Observation Date
9.2	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
97	High	2015
United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports, http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2013/%20

B. Attitudes and Perceptions