Solomon Islands

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Immigration detainees

2019

Not Available

Detained children

2017

2,500

International migrants

2019

700,000

Population

2020

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Overview

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

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DETENTION, EXPULSION, AND INCARCERATION STATISTICS

Total number of immigration detainees by year
Not Available
2019
Total number of detained minors
Not Available
2017
Criminal prison population
435
2016
326
2013
Percentage of foreign prisoners
1.6
2016
0
2013
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
73
2016
56
2013

DEMOGRAPHICS AND IMMIGRATION-RELATED STATISTICS

Population
700,000
2020
584,000
2015
International migrants
2,500
2019
2,600
2015
International migrants as a percentage of the population
0.4
2019
0.4
2015
Refugees
0
2018
3
2015
Ratio of refugees per 1000 inhabitants
0.01
2014
Total number of new asylum applications
5
2018
3
2014
Refugee recognition rate
100
2014
Stateless persons
0
2015

SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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

DOMESTIC LAWS AND POLICIES

Legal tradition
Common law
2017
Customary law
2017

INTERNATIONAL LAW

International treaties
Ratification Year
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1982
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1982
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
2002
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1995
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1995
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 5/19
International treaty reservations
Reservation Year
Observation Date
ICESCR Article 13 1982
1982
2017
Individual complaints procedure
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
Relevant recommendations of the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2011
2017
No 2016
2017

INSTITUTIONAL INDICATORS