Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 1 (2013)
Argentina
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 3842 (2019)
Bahamas
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 0 (2016)
Barbados
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 5 (2019)
Belize
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 530 (2019)
Bolivia
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 901 (2019)
Brazil
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 82467 (2019)
Canada
- Immigration detainees: 8825 (2020)
- Detained unaccompanied children: 2 (2020)
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 23900 (2020)
Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territory)
- Immigration detainees:
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 177 (2016)
Chile
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 770 (2019)
Colombia
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 10621 (2019)
Costa Rica
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 60101 (2019)
Cuba
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 46 (2019)
Dominica
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
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Dominican Republic
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 233 (2019)
Ecuador
- Immigration detainees: 2662 (2010)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 20856 (2019)
El Salvador
- Immigration detainees: 1229 (2009)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity: 80 (2008)
- International migrants: 29 (2019)
Grenada
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 0 (2016)
Guatemala
- Immigration detainees: 563 (2015)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity: 100 (2015)
- International migrants: 491 (2019)
Guyana
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 57 (2019)
Haiti
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 5 (2019)
Honduras
- Immigration detainees: 4000 (2018)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity: 40 (2015)
- International migrants: 104 (2019)
Jamaica
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
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- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 5 (2019)
Mexico
- Immigration detainees: 318660 (2022)
- Detained unaccompanied children: 13242 (2019)
- Detained asylum seekers: Not Available (2018)
- Estimated detention capacity: 8524 (2020)
- International migrants: 70366 (2019)
Nicaragua
- Immigration detainees: 880 (1995)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity: 40 (2015)
- International migrants: 202 (2016)
Panama
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2020)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 9726 (2019)
Paraguay
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children: Not Available (2019)
- Detained asylum seekers: Not Available (2019)
- Estimated detention capacity: Not Available (2020)
- International migrants: 1071 (2019)
Peru
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 259833 (2019)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 5 (2016)
Saint Lucia
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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Suriname
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 1220 (2019)
Trinidad and Tobago
- Immigration detainees: 131 (2014)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity: 150 (2011)
- International migrants: 9189 (2019)
United States
- Immigration detainees: 182869 (2020)
- Detained unaccompanied children: 15381 (2020)
- Detained asylum seekers: 44270 (2016)
- Estimated detention capacity: 45000 (2019)
- International migrants: 315899 (2019)
Uruguay
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 12222 (2019)
Venezuela
- Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
- Detained unaccompanied children:
- Detained asylum seekers:
- Estimated detention capacity:
- International migrants: 698 (2019)
*All of the countries that are in this region are not necessarily listed on this page.
