Americas

Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 1 (2013)
Argentina flag Argentina
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 3842 (2019)
Bahamas flag Bahamas
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 0 (2016)
Barbados flag Barbados
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 5 (2019)
Belize flag Belize
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 530 (2019)
Bolivia  flag Bolivia
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 901 (2019)
Brazil flag Brazil
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 82467 (2019)
Canada flag Canada
  • Immigration detainees: 8825 (2020)
  • Detained unaccompanied children: 2 (2020)
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  • International migrants: 23900 (2020)
Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territory)
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  • International migrants: 177 (2016)
Chile flag Chile
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 770 (2019)
Colombia flag Colombia
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 10621 (2019)
Costa Rica flag Costa Rica
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 60101 (2019)
Cuba flag Cuba
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 46 (2019)
Dominica flag Dominica
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 233 (2019)
Ecuador flag Ecuador
  • Immigration detainees: 2662 (2010)
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  • International migrants: 20856 (2019)
El Salvador flag El Salvador
  • Immigration detainees: 1229 (2009)
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  • Estimated detention capacity: 80 (2008)
  • International migrants: 29 (2019)
Grenada flag Grenada
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 0 (2016)
Guatemala flag Guatemala
  • Immigration detainees: 563 (2015)
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  • Estimated detention capacity: 100 (2015)
  • International migrants: 491 (2019)
Guyana flag Guyana
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 57 (2019)
Haiti flag Haiti
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 5 (2019)
Honduras flag Honduras
  • Immigration detainees: 4000 (2018)
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  • Estimated detention capacity: 40 (2015)
  • International migrants: 104 (2019)
Jamaica flag Jamaica
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 5 (2019)
Mexico flag 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 flag Nicaragua
  • Immigration detainees: 880 (1995)
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  • Estimated detention capacity: 40 (2015)
  • International migrants: 202 (2016)
Panama flag Panama
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2020)
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  • International migrants: 9726 (2019)
Paraguay flag 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 flag Peru
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 259833 (2019)
Saint Kitts and Nevis flag Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 5 (2016)
Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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Suriname flag Suriname
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 1220 (2019)
Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago
  • Immigration detainees: 131 (2014)
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  • Estimated detention capacity: 150 (2011)
  • International migrants: 9189 (2019)
United States flag 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 flag Uruguay
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 12222 (2019)
Venezuela flag Venezuela
  • Immigration detainees: Not Available (2019)
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  • International migrants: 698 (2019)

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