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• Algeria

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 1,963 (2016)

  
  

• Angola

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 12,270 (2014)

  Angola Profile

• Benin

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 327 (2016)

  
  

• Botswana

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Detained asylum seekers:
  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 173 (2016)

  Botswana Profile

• Burkina Faso

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 77 (2016)

  
  

• Burundi

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • International migrants: 7,185 (2016)

  
  

• Cameroon

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 3,798 (2016)

  
  

• Central African Republic

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 80 (2016)

  
  

• Chad

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 164 (2016)

  
  

• Congo (Democratic Republi

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 423 (2016)

  
  

• Congo (Republic)

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 2,360 (2016)

  
  

• Cote d'Ivoire

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • International migrants: 64 (2016)

  
  

• Djibouti

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  • International migrants: 5,421 (2016)

  Djibouti Profile

• Egypt

  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2017)
  • Detained unaccompanied children:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 30,672 (2016)

  Egypt Profile

• Eritrea

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 7 (2016)

  Eritrea Profile

• Ethiopia

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 435 (2016)

  Ethiopia Profile

• Gabon

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 62 (2016)

  
  

• Gambia

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  • International migrants: 2 (2014)

  
  

• Ghana

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • International migrants: 1,159 (2016)

  
  

• Guinea

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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 120 (2016)

  
  

• Guinea-Bissau

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• Kenya

  • Immigration detainees: 1,000 (2015)
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 18,214 (2016)

  Kenya Profile

• Lesotho

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • International migrants: 9 (2016)

  
  

• Liberia

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • International migrants: 9 (2016)

  
  

• Libya

  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2018)
  • Detained unaccompanied children: Not Available (2018)
  • Detained asylum seekers: Not Available (2018)
  • Estimated detention capacity: Not Available (2018)
  • International migrants: 1,900 (2016)

  Libya Profile

• Madagascar

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  • International migrants: 34 (2016)

  
  

• Malawi

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  • International migrants: 17,028 (2016)

  
  

• Mali

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 207 (2016)

  
  

• Mauritania

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • International migrants: 624 (2016)

  Mauritania Profile

• Mauritius

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  • International migrants: (2014)

  
  

• Morocco

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 2,422 (2016)

  Morocco Profile

• Mozambique

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 2,096 (2016)

  
  

• Namibia

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 548 (2016)

  
  

• Niger

  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2018)
  • Detained unaccompanied children: Not Available (2018)
  • Detained asylum seekers: Not Available (2018)
  • Estimated detention capacity: Not Available (2018)
  • International migrants: 16 (2016)

  Niger Profile

• Nigeria

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 206 (2016)

  
  

• Rwanda

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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 50 (2016)

  
  

• Senegal

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 293 (2016)

  Senegal Profile

• Sierra Leone

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  • International migrants: (2016)

  
  

• Somalia

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 3,153 (2016)

  Somalia Profile

• Somalia (Puntland)

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  • International migrants: 2,886 (2013)

  Somalia (Puntland) Profile

• Somaliland

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  Somaliland Profile

• South Africa

  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2017)
  • Detained unaccompanied children:
  • Detained asylum seekers: Not Available (2017)
  • Estimated detention capacity: Not Available (2018)
  • International migrants: 35,329 (2016)

  South Africa Profile

• South Sudan

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 1,055 (2016)

  
  

• Sudan

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  • International migrants: 8,535 (2016)

  
  

• Swaziland

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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 145 (2016)

  
  

• Tanzania

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 6,666 (2016)

  Tanzania Profile

• Togo

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 203 (2016)

  
  

• Tunisia

  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
  • Detained unaccompanied children:
  • Detained asylum seekers: Not Available (2019)
  • Estimated detention capacity: Not Available (2020)
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  Tunisia Profile

• Uganda

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 30,266 (2016)

  
  

• Zambia

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 3,934 (2016)

  
  

• Zimbabwe

  • Immigration detainees:
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  • Estimated detention capacity:
  • International migrants: 1,501 (2016)

  
  

*All of the countries that are in this region are not necessarily listed on this page.