12 August 2020
The tiny country of Andorra, located in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, has one of the highest percentages of international migrants in the world, which as of 2017 accounted for more than 50 percent of the country’s population of some 80,000. To date, the GDP has not identified any dedicated immigration removal facilities, and there appears to be little publicly available information about Andorra's Covid-19-related measures with respect to immigration detention. On 26 March 2020, the government announced temporary measures to extend visas for temporary workers who could not return to their country of origin due to border closures. Residence permits and healthcare benefits were also extended. As of mid-August 2020, the country had recorded nearly 1,000 cases of Covid-19.
- Government of Andorra, “El Govern impulsa mesures per facilitar l’estada dels treballadors temporers mentre no puguin retornar al seu país d’origen,” 26 March 2020, online: https://www.govern.ad/comunicats/item/11360-el-govern-impulsa-mesures-per-facilitar-l-estada-dels-treballadors-temporers-mentre-no-puguin-retornar-al-seu-pais-d-origen
- Government of Andorra, “La mobilitat a les fronteres es redueix més del 90% i del 78% internament,” 19 March 2020, https://www.govern.ad/comunicats/item/11330-la-mobilitat-a-les-fronteres-es-redueix-mes-del-90-i-del-78-internament
- Government of Andorra, “S’allarguen les autoritzacions d’immigració temporals fins al 15 de juny,“ 27 May 2020, https://www.govern.ad/comunicats/item/11569-s-allarguen-les-autoritzacions-d-immigracio-temporals-fins-al-15-de-juny
- United Nations, "International Migration Report, 2017," 2017, http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/publications/migrationreport/docs/MigrationReport2017_Highlights.pdf
- Worldometer, "Andorra: Cornavirus Cases," accessed on 13 August 2020, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/andorra/
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ENFORCEMENT DATA
POPULATION DATA
B. Attitudes and Perceptions
MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION
LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
GROUNDS FOR MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION
LENGTH OF MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION
MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION INSTITUTIONS
PROCEDURAL STANDARDS & SAFEGUARDS
DETENTION MONITORS
TRANSPARENCY
READMISSION/RETURN/EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS
COVID-19
HEALTH CARE
COVID-19 DATA
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2006
2017
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 8/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
2006
2006
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999
2002
2002
Relevant Recommendations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Recommendation Year
Observation Date
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
§ 42. In line with its general recommendation No . 32 (2014) on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, the Committee recommends that the State party accede to the following treaties: the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Committee also recommends that the State party adopt national asylum legislation.
2019
2019
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
§ 30. The State party: (a) Adopt a law on asylum that is in line with international standards and put in place procedures for granting refugee status to persons who could qualify for that status; (b) Provide information indicating to what extent the principle of non-refoulement is respected and whether appropriate information, interpretation services, free legal aid, humanitarian assistance and judicial remedies are available to asylum seekers; (c) Ratify the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.
2019
2019
Committee on the Rights of the Child
§ 44. "The Committee recommends that the State party enact legislation on asylum seekers and refugees in conformity with the international standards, including by taking into account its general comment No. 6 (2005). The Committee recommends that the State party accede to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness... 51. Noting that a very few number of children are incarcerated in detention centres, the Committee recommends that the State party ensure that children are accompanied and cared by professionals, and that they are always held entirely separate from the adult detainees, including when they are permitted to use common areas of the detention facility... 52. The Committee recommends that the State party, in order to further strengthen the fulfilment of children's rights, ratify the following treaties: The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Communication Procedures, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its Optional Protocol, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol."
2012
2012
NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
Regional Legal Instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
Observation Date
CPCSE, Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse
2014
2014
2017
ECHRP7, Protocol 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights (amended by protocol 11)
2008
2008
2017
ECPT, European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment
1997
1997
2017
ECHR, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (commonly known as the European Convention on Human Rights
1996
1996
2017
