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Tajikistan Immigration Detention

Quick Facts

International migrants (2015): 275,100
New asylum applications (2016): 273

Centres List

No detention centres data available

Statistics Expand all

A. Detention, expulsion, and incarceration statistics

9,317

Criminal prison population

2010

Criminal prison population

Number	Observation Date
9,317	2010
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
7,350	2008
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
10,804	2006
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
10,000	2003
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
11,000	2001
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
6,000	1996
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
4,203	1993
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

4.9

Percentage of foreign prisoners

2008

Percentage of foreign prisoners

Percentage	Observation Date
4.9	2008
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

121

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

2010

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

Number	Observation Date
121	2010
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
102	2008
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
157	2006
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
152	2003
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
175	2001
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
102	1996
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief
74	1993
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

B. Demographics and immigration-related statistics

8,482,000

Population

2015

Population

Number	Observation Date
8,482,000	2015
United Nations Population Fund. State of World Population 2015, http://www.unfpa.org/fr/world-population-dashboard

275,100

International migrants

2015

International migrants

Number	Observation Date
275,100	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

3.2

International migrants as a percentage of the population

2015

International migrants as a percentage of the population

Percentage	Observation Date
3.2	2015
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

2,719

Refugees

2016

Refugees

Number	Observation Date
2,719	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
1,969	2015
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
1,782	2015
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Country information: Statistical snapshot. http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
2,026	2014
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

0.24

Ratio of refugees per 1000 inhabitants

2014

Ratio of refugees per 1000 inhabitants

Number	Observation Date
0.24	2014
Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 10 and 26, Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum and level in the procedure, 2014. http://www.unhcr.org/54cf9bc29.html

273

Total number of new asylum applications

2016

Total number of new asylum applications

Number	Observation Date
273	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
2,219	2014
Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 10 and 26, Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum and level in the procedure, 2014. http://www.unhcr.org/54cf9bc29.html

43.8

Refugee recognition rate

2014

Refugee recognition rate

Number	Observation Date
43.8	2014
Statistical Yearbook 2014, Table 10 and 26, Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum and level in the procedure, 2014. http://www.unhcr.org/54cf9bc29.html

17,002

Stateless persons

2016

Stateless persons

Number	Observation Date
17,002	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
10,051	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
Civil 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

International Law Expand all

1. Relevant international treaties and date of ratification

International treaties Show sources

Name	Ratification Year
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	1995
UN Treaty Collection
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	1996
UN Treaty Collection
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1995
UN Treaty Collection
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	1999
UN Treaty Collection
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	1999
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	1993
UN Treaty Collection
ICRMW, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families	2002
UN Treaty Collection
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees	1993
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children	2002
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime	2002
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified

11/19

Individual complaints procedure Show sources

Name	Acceptance Year
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966	1999
UN Treaty Collection
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999	2014
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of complaints procedures accepted Show sources

Number	Observation Date
1/7	2017
UN Treaty Collection

Relevant recommendations issued by treaty bodies Show sources

Name	Recommendation Excerpt	Recommendation Year
Committee on Migrant Workers	"§24- ( c ) strengthen its cooperation with the law enforcement agencies of the main countries of employment of tajik migrant workers in order to provide better protection for its citizens and to ensure that the situation of tajik migrant workers and members of their families , who are held in detention , is effectively monitored;" "§38. provide assistance to tajik migrants who are victims of discrimination, violence and prolonged detention in countries of employment . "	2012
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 74 of the Convention - Tajikistan, CMW/C/TJK/CO/1, 16 May 2012

2. Regional treaties, regulations, and directives

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	2011	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Tajikistan, A/HRC/19/3, 12 December 2011, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/tajikistan/session_12_-_october_2011/ahrc193tajikistane.pdf
No	2016	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Tajikistan, A/HRC/33/11, 14 July 2016, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/tajikistan/session_25_-_may_2016/a_hrc_33_11_e.pdf

Institutions Expand all

A. Governing structures

B. Institutions responsible for immigration detention

C. Detention monitoring institutions

Authorized monitoring institutions Show sources

Institution	Institution Type	Observation Date
The Human Rights Ombudsman	National Human Rights Institution (or Ombudsperson) (NHRI)	2009
Directory of National Human Rights Institutions

Is the national human rights institution (NHRI) recognized as independent? Show sources

Is the NHRI recognized as independent by the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions?	Observation Date
No	2016
Directory of National Human Rights 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
1,114	2014
The World Bank. GDP Per Capita (current US$).

Remittances to the country Show sources

Remittances to the country (in millions USD)	Observation Date
3,835	2014
International Migration, 2015, Wall Chart, UN Population, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/migration/migration-wallchart-2015.shtml

Unemployment Rate Show sources

Unemployment Rate	Observation Date
	2014
The World Bank. Unemployment, total (% of total labor force), 2014

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

Net official development assistance (ODA) (in USD)	Observation Date
353.3	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
129	Medium	2015
Human Development Reports

B. Attitudes and Perceptions

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