Cambodia

Detains migrants or asylum seekers?

Yes

Has laws regulating migration-related detention?

Yes

Refugees

24

2022

Asylum Applications

12

2022

International Migrants

79,341

2020

Population

16,900,000

2023

Overview

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

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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)
21,989
2016
14,697
2013
14,043
2010
10,902
2007
6,778
2004
6,179
2001
3,233
1998
2,490
1995
Percentage of Foreign Prisoners (Year)
4.2
2016
3.9
2011
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
138
2016
100
2013
99
2010
79
2007
51
2004
49
2001
27
1998
22
1995

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
16,900,000
2023
16,700,000
2020
15,578,000
2015
International Migrants (Year)
79,341
2020
78,649
2019
74,000
2015
International Migrants as Percentage of Population (Year)
0.47
2020
0.5
2015
Refugees (Year)
24
2022
24
2021
0
2020
0
2019
0
2018
67
2017
0
2017
61
2016
76
2015
63
2014
Asylum Applications (Year)
12
2022
27
2019
208
2016
37
2014
Refugee Recognition Rate (Year)
50
2014
Stateless Persons (Year)
75,000
2022
57,444
2018
0
2016
0
2015

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS

Gross Domestic Product per Capita (in USD)
1,094
2014
Remittances to the Country
304
2014
Unemployment Rate
2014
Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) (in Millions USD)
799.4
2014
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP)
143 (Medium)
2015

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Does the Country Detain People for Migration, Asylum, or Citizenship Reasons?
Yes
2023
Does the Country Have Specific Laws that Provide for Migration-Related Detention?
Yes
2023

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Civil law
2017

LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

GROUNDS FOR MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

LENGTH OF MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION INSTITUTIONS

Custodial Authorities
(Cambodian police)
2006
(Cambodian police)
2006

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
ICPED, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
2013
2013
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2012
2012
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2007
2007
OPCAT, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2007
2007
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
2006
2006
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
2005
2005
PCRSR, Protocol to the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1992
1992
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1992
1992
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1992
1992
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
1992
1992
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
1992
1992
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1992
1992
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1992
1992
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1983
1983
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 14/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999 2010
2010
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
1/8
2017
Relevant Recommendations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Recommendation Year
Observation Date
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination § 36. The State party take all measures to ensure the full respect of the principle of non- refoulement . Recalling its general recommendation No. 22 (1996) on refugees and displaced persons in the context of article 5 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party ensure judicial appeals procedures for asylum seekers and allow asylum seekers and refugees to have access to basic rights. 2020
2020

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Relevant Recommendations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2014
2017
No 2010
2017

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Regional Legal Instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
Observation Date
ASEAN CATPWC Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children 2016
2016
2017

DETENTION COSTS

OUTSOURCING

FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS