Niger Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)

18 April 2020

Niger Detention Data (2020)

The latest detention-related data from Niger, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators.

Key facts:

  • Immigration detainees: Not available (2019)
  • Detained minors: Not available (2019)
  • Refugees: 179,997 (2019)
  • International migrants: 294,161 (2019)
  • New asylum applications: 43,584 (2019)
  • Is the NHRI recognised as independent? Yes (2019)
  • Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified: 17/19 (2019)

View the Niger Detention Data Profile

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Niger Country Page

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review (38th Session, April/May 2021): Niger

Immigration Detention in Niger: Expanding the EU-Financed Zone of Suffering Through “Penal Humanitarianism”