In a follow-up response to its 5 June GDP Covid-19 survey, the Interior Ministry provided additional information regarding removal procedures during the Covid-19 crisis. According to the ministry, removals were halted as there were practical difficulties in carrying out returns due to measures to protect the health of migrants and escort staff, as well as […]
Denmark Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Denmark Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Denmark, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Denmark Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Denmark: Country Page Denmark: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in Denmark: Where Officials Celebrate the Deprivation of Liberty of “Rejected Asylum Seekers” Submission to […]
Hong Kong (China) Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Hong Kong (China) Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Hong Kong (China), including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Hong Kong (China) Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Hong Kong (China): Country Page Hong Kong (China): International Law Hong Kong (China): COVID-19 Updates […]
25 August 2020 – Iceland
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the Icelandic Parliamentary Ombudsman (Althingi Ombudsman) reported there are no dedicated immigration detention centres in the country (previously, reports from the Council of Europe going back as far as 1998 have indicated that prisons or police stations are used for this purpose). Thus, the Ombudsman did not […]
25 August 2020 – Denmark
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s (GDP) Covid-19 survey, the Danish Department of Prisons and Probations said that there is one main special detention centre for immigration detainees, which it administers (according to GDP data, while Denmark has one long-standing dedicated facility, the Ellebaek Detention Centre, it has recently used other facilities for detaining migrants […]
25 August 2020 – Hong Kong (China)
Amid a resurgence in the number of Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong, on 19 August a 37-year old Thai man detained at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC) was reported to have tested positive for Covid-19. The Centre for Health Protection subsequently announced that it would test approximately 200 Immigration Department staff and 400 detainees. […]
Bahamas Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Bahamas Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Bahamas, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Bahamas Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Bahamas: Country Profile Bahamas: COVID-19 Updates Staff Publication: There and Back Again: On the Diffusion of Immigration Detention (M. Flynn) […]
23 August 2020 – Bahamas
The Bahamas operates one dedicated immigration detention centre, the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, which has been repeatedly criticised for having appalling conditions. In early June, a protest broke out in the centre following a hunger strike, with some detainees attempting to escape. Tensions at the facility have reportedly been increasing as Covid-19 slowed deportation and […]
Angola Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Angola Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Angola, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Angola Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Angola: Country Page Report (2016): Immigration Detention in Angola Angola: COVID-19 Updates […]
Bulgaria Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Bulgaria Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Bulgaria, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Bulgaria Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Bulgaria: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Bulgaria – Fewer Migrants and Refugees, More Fences Submission to the UN Committee against Torture (70th […]
