On 9 September 2020, a few days after several people in Lesvos’ Moria Camp tested positive for Covid-19, fires broke out that destroyed the camp, leaving some 13,000 people without shelter and resulting in a major humanitarian crisis. It is unclear how the fires began but according to Greece’s migration minister, the fires “began with […]
Eritrea Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Eritrea Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Eritrea, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Eritrea Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Eritrea: Country Page Eritrea: COVID-19 Updates Eritrea: International Law […]
14 September 2020 – France
In its response to the GDP’s Covid-19 survey, La Cimade, a French human rights NGO that operates inside many of the country’s immigration detention centres (Centres de Rétention Administrative or CRAs), confirmed previous reports that the country had not implemented a detention moratorium since the onset of the pandemic. The organisation explained, however, that in […]
Cameroon Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Cameroon Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Cameroon, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Cameroon Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Cameroon: Country Page Cameroon: COVID-19 Updates Cameroon: International Law […]
Fiji Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Fiji Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Fiji, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Fiji Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Fiji: Country Page Fiji: COVID-19 Updates Fiji: International Law […]
11 September 2020 – Eritrea
Although Eritrea long hosted a small population of Somali refugees (roughly 2,000 as of early 2019), in mid-2019 the government closed its only refugee camp, Umkulu, spurring most of the refugees to flee across the border into neighbouring Ethiopia. By the end of 2019, UNHCR reported that there were only 650 refugees remaining in the […]
11 September 2020 – Cameroon
A critical humanitarian concern in Cameroon is its growing population of internally displaced people (IDPs), which according to UNHCR has increased substantially in recent months because of violence in northern parts of the country. As of mid-2020 there were nearly one million IDPs in the country, in addition to the more than 400,000 refugees. But […]
10 September 2020 – Fiji
There is little available information about the treatment of migrants or asylum seekers in immigration enforcement procedures in Fiji. Throughout the pandemic, hundreds of people have been arrested and charged for breaching laws and regulations on self-isolation, quarantine, or movement restrictions. Prisons have continued to operate throughout the pandemic, and the Red Cross has assisted […]
Paraguay Direccion General de Migracion Covid-19 Survey II (Información sobre Covid-19 y detención)
In a follow up to Paraguay’s official response to the GDP’s Covid-19 survey, the Direccion General de Migracion informed the GDP that it does not maintain statistics on the number of people placed in immigration detention nor does it have facilities for this purpose. […]
09 September 2020 – Ghana
As of mid-2020, Ghana was hosting more than 12,000 registered refugees and some 400,000 migrants. The online African peace research platform Kujenga Amani reported that Ghana was “slow to recognise the scale of risks posed by restrictive measures such as a partial lockdown, stay at home and border closure, to vulnerable groups in society.” As […]
