Global Detention Project Newsletter
October 2016
NEW DETENTION PROFILES
United Kingdom
The UK’s detention of children, asylum seekers, women, and “foreign offenders” has been the subject of countless demonstrations, lawsuits, studies, and official investigations. Despite official calls for reforms and the pending closure of some controversial dentition sites, the numbers of people placed in immigration detention in the UK continues to grow.
Taiwan, Province of China
Taiwan, Province of China has adopted important immigration reforms in recent years, including limiting the detention of vulnerable groups.
Croatia
Croatia, the newest EU member state, has received millions of Euros from the EU to boost its immigration detention system.
Slovenia
To cope with increased numbers of arriving asylum seekers, Slovenia has tightened its immigration controls, erected wire fencing along its borders, and introduced stringent new asylum legislation. The number of people detained for immigration-related reasons rose from 337 in 2014 to 2,338 in 2015.
NEW GDP WORKING PAPERS
The Constitutionalisation of Immigration Detention: Between EU Law and the European Convention on Human Rights: GDP Working Paper No. 15
By Galina Cornelisse
Capitalism and Immigration Control: What Politiical Economy Reveals About the Growth of Detention Systems: GDP Working Paper No. 16
By Matthew Flynn
GDP ON THE RECORD
CINETS Conference 2016. Three GDP papers were presented at the 3rd Annual CINETS Conference, “Crimmigration in the Shadow of Sovereignty,” held at the University of Maryland on 6-7 October 2016: Galina Cornelisse, “The Constitutionalisation of Immigration Detention“; Matthew Flynn, “Capitalism and Immigration Control“; and Michael Flynn, “Detained Beyond the Sovereign.”
¿Qué son los centros de internamiento de extranjeros en Europa y por qué son tan polémicos? By Pablo Esparza, BBC Mundo, 24 October 2016
Report documents Canadian government’s abuse of immigrant and refugee children. By Janet Browning and Roger Jordan, WSWS.org, 29 October 2016.
