The Republic of Korea took aggressive action early on in the Covid-19 outbreak to limit the progress of the coronavirus, including adopting strict border control and immigration detention measures. On 1 April, the government adopted a rule that requires all overseas arrivals—including South Koreans—to quarantine at home or at government-designated facilities for two weeks. Reports […]
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Papua New Guinea: Covid-19 and Detention
On 19 March 2020, authorities announced that penal institutions have been placed in quarantine. New prisoners are tested upon their entry and visits are suspended until further notice. Prisons were then placed in isolation from 24 March 2020 onwards and detainees or staff members that have Covid-19 symptoms will be placed in isolation and suspected […]
Australia: Covid-19 and Detention
1,100 Australian healthcare professionals have co-signed a letter to the Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, calling for all refugees and asylum seekers to immediately be released from immigration detention. “Failure to take action to release people seeking asylum and refugees from detention will not only put them at greater risk of infection and possibly death,” […]
Nepal Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Nepal Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Nepal, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Nepal Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Nepal: Country Page Nepal: COVID-19 Updates Nepal: International Law […]
New Zealand Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
New Zealand Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from New Zealand, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the New Zealand Detention Data Profile Related Reading: New Zealand: Country Page New Zealand: Domestic Law Report (2016): Immigration Detention in New Zealand […]
Taiwan, Province of China: Covid-19 and Detention
Taiwan’s National Immigration Agency (NIA) announced the start of a three-month amnesty programme from 1 April until 30 June 2020. This programme is for foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas, allowing them to pay smaller fines and avoid detention should they report to immigration authorities during the grace period. The maximum penalty will be […]
Australia: Covid-19 and Detention
Numerous civil society organizations have issued calls for the release of immigration detainees in Australia, which took on new urgency after a private security guard at an ad hoc detention center in a hotel in Brisbane tested positive for Covid-19 in mid-March. On 23 March, asylum seekers in detention across Australia wrote an open letter […]
New Zealand: Covid-19 and Detention
The GDP has been unable to find any reports indicating that authorities have taken measures to assist migrants and asylum seekers, including those in detention. Visits to prisons have been suspended in New Zealand from 19 March 2020. Authorities had already taken some health and hygiene measures last year due to a measles epidemic which […]
Kyrgyzstan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Kyrgyzstan Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Kyrgyzstan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Kyrgyzstan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Kyrgyzstan: Country Page Kyrgyzstan: Relevant International Law […]
Uzbekistan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Uzbekistan Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Uzbekistan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Uzbekistan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Uzbekistan: Country Page Uzbekistan: Relevant International Law […]
