Monaco

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Detains migrants or asylum seekers?

No

Has laws regulating migration-related detention?

Yes

Refugees

17

2022

International Migrants

26,601

2020

Population

36,297

2023

International Migrants as % of Population

67.79%

2020

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

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DETENTION STATISTICS

Total Migration Detainees: Flow + Stock (year)
Not Available
2019

DETAINEE DATA

DETENTION CAPACITY

ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION

ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT DATA

PRISON DATA

Criminal Prison Population (Year)
28
2015
Percentage of Foreign Prisoners (Year)
96.4
2014
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
74
2015

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
36,297
2023
37,000
2020
39,000
2019
International Migrants (Year)
26,601
2020
26,511
2019
International Migrants as Percentage of Population (Year)
67.79
2020
Refugees (Year)
17
2022
17
2021
22
2020
22
2019
32
2016
32
2015
33
2014
Ratio of Refugees Per 1000 Inhabitants (Year)
0.71
2016
Asylum Applications (Year)
0
2022
Stateless Persons (Year)
0
2022
0
2016

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Does the Country Detain People for Migration, Asylum, or Citizenship Reasons?
No
2023
No
2011
Does the Country Have Specific Laws that Provide for Migration-Related Detention?
Yes
2023

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Civil law
2017

LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Detention-Related Legislation
Ordonnance Souveraine n° 3.153 du 19 mars 1964 relative aux conditions d'entrée et de séjour des étrangers dans la Principauté,' 19 March 1964 (in effect on 15 August 2023), https://legimonaco.mc/tnc/ordonnance/1964/03-19-3.153/. (1964)
1964

GROUNDS FOR MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

Criminal Penalties for Immigration-Related Violations
Yes (Yes)
2023
Grounds for Criminal Immigration-Related Incarceration / Maximum Length of Incarceration
Unauthorised stay (6)
2023

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
OP CRC Communications Procedure
2014
2018
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2017
2017
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1954
2017
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1993
2017
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
1991
2017
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
2005
2017
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1997
2017
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1997
2017
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1995
2017
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
2005
2017
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2001
2017
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
2001
2017
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 12/19
Treaty Reservations
Reservation Year
Observation Date
ICERD Article 5 1995
1995
2017
ICESCR Article 2 1995
1995
2017
CRC Article 40 1993
1993
2017
CRSR Article 22 1954
1954
2017
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
CAT, declaration under article 22 of the Convention 1991
1991
ICERD, declaration under article 14 of the Convention 2001
2001
CRC, [Third] Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child establishing a communications procedure, 2011 2014
2014
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999 2016
2016
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
4/6
2017

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Relevant Recommendations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2009
2017
No 2014
2017

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
CATHB, Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 2015
2015
2017
ECPT, European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment 2005
2005
2017
ECHRP7, Protocol 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights (amended by protocol 11) 2005
2005
2017
ECHR, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (commonly known as the European Convention on Human Rights 2005
2005
2017

DETENTION COSTS

OUTSOURCING

FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS