Belize Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Belize, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Belize Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Belize: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Belize (2016) Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers: Issues Regarding Immigration Detention in Mauritania […]
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Guyana: Covid-19 and Detention
As of 12 August 2020, Guyana had registered 602 cases of Covid-19 and 22 deaths related to the disease. Guyana has been an important destination for Venezuelans leaving their country. In 2019, the International Crisis Group reported that there were more than 36,000 Venezuelans in Guyana. According to the aid group Response for Venezuelans (R4V), […]
Belize: Covid-19 and Detention
Belize does not appear to have a dedicated immigration detention facility though it detains migrants in administrative procedures in Belize Central Prison. On 13 August, visits to the prison were suspended indefinitely due to the rise in Covid-19 cases in the country. There had been no confirmed cases in Belize Central Prison as of mid-August. […]
Trinidad and Tobago Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Trinidad and Tobago Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Trinidad and Tobago, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Trinidad and Tobago Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Trinidad and Tobago: Country Page Trinidad and Tobago: COVID-19 Updates Report: Immigration detention in Trinidad and Tobago […]
Trinidad and Tobago: Covid-19 and Detention
Trinidad and Tobago adopted a series of measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, including health-related measures, employment benefits, food handouts, and temporary extension of residence permits and certificates. However, most asylum seekers and irregular migrants, mainly from Venezuela, did not benefit from these measures, aside from receiving primary health care (see 9 May Trinidad […]
Venezuela: Covid-19 and Detention
During the four-year period 2016-2019, more than 4.6 million men, women, and children fled or otherwise departed Venezuela because of burgeoning political and economic crises. According to the UNHCR, some 4,000 and 5,000 Venezuelan nationals were leaving the country every day, mainly travelling on foot to neighbouring countries like Colombia, Peru, or Ecuador; thousands of […]
Andorra: Covid-19 and Detention
The tiny country of Andorra, located in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, has one of the highest percentages of international migrants in the world, which as of 2017 accounted for more than 50 percent of the country’s population of some 80,000. To date, the GDP has not identified any dedicated immigration removal facilities, and […]
Chile Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Chile Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Chile, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Chile Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Chile: Country Page Chile: COVID-19 Updates Working Paper: Immigration Detention Through the Lens of International Human Rights: Lessons from South America […]
Chile: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, a government official, verified by the GDP, reported that in Chile, immigration detention is solely used to conduct deportations of administrative or criminal detainees. Faced with border closures due to the Covid-19 crisis, the governmental source said that they were not aware of any deportations taking place […]
Costa Rica Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Costa Rica Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Costa Rica, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Costa Rica Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Costa Rica: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Costa Rica (2015) Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee: Costa Rica […]
