India Immigration Detention| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 419,623 | 2015 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 385,135 | 2012 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 372,296 | 2011 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 376,969 | 2009 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 376,396 | 2007 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 358,368 | 2005 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 326,519 | 2003 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 313,635 | 2001 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 281,380 | 1999 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| Percentage | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 1.5 | 2015 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 1.7 | 2012 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 33 | 2015 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 30 | 2012 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 30 | 2011 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 31 | 2009 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 32 | 2007 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 31 | 2005 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 29 | 2003 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 29 | 2001 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| 27 | 1999 |
| International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 1,311,051,000 | 2015 |
| United Nations Population Fund, State of World Population, http://www.unfpa.org/fr/world-population-dashboard | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 5,241,000 | 2015 |
| International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml | |
| Percentage | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 0.6 | 2015 |
| International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 195,891 | 2018 |
| UNHCR Population Statistics, http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/overview | |
| 197,146 | 2017 |
| UNHCR Population Statistics, http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/overview | |
| 197,823 | 2016 |
| UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern | |
| 201,381 | 2015 |
| UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern | |
| 199,937 | 2014 |
| UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 0.15 | 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 | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 8,642 | 2016 |
| UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern | |
| 7,426 | 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 | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 15.5 | 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 | |
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2016 |
| UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern | |
| Name | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| Common law | |
| World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/ | |
| Muslim law | |
| World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/ | |
| Customary law | |
| World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/ | |
| Yes/No | Constitution and Articles | Year Adopted | Last Year Amended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | The Constitution of India, Part III, Fundamental Rights, Articles 14, 21 and 22 | 1949 | 1949 |
| The Constitution of India, 1949, updated up to 2012. Articles 14, 21 and 22. http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/welcome.html | |||
| Name | Ratification Year |
|---|---|
| CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children | 2011 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime | 2011 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 2007 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 1993 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child | 1992 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 1979 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | 1979 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations | 1977 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | 1968 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| 9/19 |
|---|
| Number | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 0 | 2017 |
| UN Treaty Collection | |
| Name | Recommendation Excerpt | Recommendation Year |
|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Committee | §78 [...] (c) Release asylum-seeking and refugee children held in detention and enable them to access the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); ensure that unaccompanied and separated children, refugee and asylum-seeking children are not detained because of illegal entry/stay in the State party; and grant them the right to seek asylum and to stay in the State party until the completion of asylum procedures; | 2014 |
| Committee on the Rights of the Child, Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of India*, United Nations, CRC/C/IND/CO/3-4, 7 July 2014. http://uhri.ohchr.org/document/index/a0e6be96-7bfd-4adc-8315-455c5ec46802?from=ru | ||
| Recomendation Issued | Year Issued | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|
| No | 2008 | 2017 |
| Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review India, A/HRC/8/26, 23 May 2008, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/india/session_1_-_april_2008/ahrc826indiae.pdf | ||
| No | 2012 | 2017 |
| Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* India, A/HRC/21/10, 9 July 2012, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/india/session_13_-_may_2012/ahrc2110indiae.pdf | ||
| Agency | Ministry | Ministry Typology | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreigners Regional Registration Office | 2008 | ||
| New Delhi/Press Trust of India. 2008. "Delhi Policed Launches Drive to Deport Illegal Immigrants." New Delhi/Press Trust of India. 13 July 2008. | |||
| Foreigners Regional Registration Office | 2006 | ||
| National Human Rights Commission India, "Facilities for Foreign Nationals detained at Lampur Seva Sadan : Delhi ( Case No.693/30/97-98)," National Human Rights Commission India, http://nhrc.nic.in/DalitCases.htm#no2 (accessed October 2, 2007) (MO) | |||
| Foreigners Regional Registration Office | 2006 | ||
| National Human Rights Commission India, "Facilities for Foreign Nationals detained at Lampur Seva Sadan : Delhi ( Case No.693/30/97-98)," National Human Rights Commission India, http://nhrc.nic.in/DalitCases.htm#no2 (accessed October 2, 2007) (MO) | |||
| Entity Name | Entity Type | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|
| Police | Governmental | 2009 |
| Ujjwala Nayudu. 2009. "Repatriation of Illegal Bangladeshis a Costly Affair." ExpressIndia.com. 29 July 2009. | ||
| Police | Governmental | 2008 |
| New Delhi/Press Trust of India. 2008. "Delhi Policed Launches Drive to Deport Illegal Immigrants." New Delhi/Press Trust of India. 13 July 2008. | ||
| Gross Domestic Product per capita (in USD) | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 1,581 | 2014 |
| The World Bank. GDP Per Capita (current US$). | |
| Remittances to the country (in millions USD) | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 70,389,000 | 2015 |
| International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml | |
| Unemployment Rate | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 2014 | |
| The World Bank. Unemployment, total (% of total labor force), 2014 | |
| Net official development assistance (ODA) (in USD) | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 2,983.6 | 2014 |
| OECD - DAC, Net ODA in millions USD, 2014, http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats | |
| Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP) | UNDP four-tiered ranking | Observation Date |
|---|---|---|
| 130 | Medium | 2015 |
| Human Development Reports | ||
| % who agree with the statement “We should restrict and control entry of people into our country more than we do now.” | Observation Date |
|---|---|
| 84 | 2007 |
| Pew Research Center. 2007. "World Publics Welcome Global Trade — But Not Immigration." Pew Research Center. Pew Global Attitudes Project. 4 October 2007. http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/10/04/world-publics-welcome-global-trade-but-not-immigration/ | |
Bureau of Immigration: http://boi.gov.in/#
Ministry of Home Affairs: http://mha.nic.in
UNHCR: http://www.unhcr.org.in/
The Indian Express: http://indianexpress.com/
Press Trust of India: http://www.ptinews.com/
Human Rights Law Network: http://www.hrln.org/hrln/
Centre for Development and Human Rights: http://www.cdhr.org.in
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