Solomon Islands

Featured Report

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Immigration detainees

2019

No Data

Detained children

Featured Report

Overview

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

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Solomon Islands Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
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28 May 2021 – Solomon Islands

28 May 2021

The Solomon Islands, made up of six major islands and located east of Papua New Guinea, has a population of approximately 670,000 people. A state of emergency was announced on 27 March 2020 and all flights into the country were suspended. As of 28 May 2021, the country had recorded 20 COVID-19 cases and no […]

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Solomon Islands Red Cross Society Handing Over Items Donated by ICRC to the Correctional Services of Solomon Islands on 13 May 2020, (Solomon Islands Red Cross Society, Facebook Post, 13 May 2020, https://www.facebook.com/solomonislandsredcrosssociety/posts/862995254179285)
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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)
435
2016
326
2013
Percentage of Foreign Prisoners (Year)
1.6
2016
0
2013
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
73
2016
56
2013

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
700,000
2020
584,000
2015
International Migrants (Year)
2,500
2019
2,600
2015
International Migrants as Percentage of Population (Year)
0.4
2019
0.4
2015
Refugees (Year)
0
2018
3
2015
Ratio of Refugees Per 1000 Inhabitants (Year)
0.01
2014
New Asylum Applications (Year)
5
2018
3
2014
Refugee Recognition Rate (Year)
100
2014
Stateless Persons (Year)
0
2015

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS

Gross Domestic Product per Capita (in USD)
2,024
2014
Remittances to the Country
17
2014
Unemployment Rate
2014
Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) (in Millions USD)
198.5
2014
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP)
156 (Low)
2015

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Common law
2017
Customary law
2017

LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

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

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1982
2017
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1982
2017
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
2002
2017
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1995
2017
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1995
2017
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 5/19
Treaty Reservations
Reservation Year
Observation Date
ICESCR Article 13 1982
1982
2017
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
ICERD, declaration under article 14 of the Convention 1982
1982
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999 2002
2002
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
2/4
2017

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Relevant Recommendations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2011
2017
No 2016
2017

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

DETENTION COSTS

OUTSOURCING

FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS