With 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in total since the beginning of the pandemic, Grenada was on full lock-down for a week in April. The country now allows entry on the island from other low-risk and medium-risk countries. Travelers coming from these countries are required to present a certified copy of a negative COVID-19 test. […]
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Ethiopia: Covid-19 and Detention
Following Human Rights Watch’s report highlighting the dire conditions that Ethiopian migrants have been held in in Saudi Arabia during the pandemic (see our 21 August update on Saudi Arabia on this platform), the Telegraph has revealed that the Ethiopian government has attempted to silence those stuck inside Saudi detention facilities. A leaked document submitted […]
Spain: Covid-19 and Detention
In Melilla, more than 1,400 refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants–including 150 women and 143 children–have again been confined in the enclave’s overcrowded CETI (Center for Temporary Stay of Immigrants) following a Covid-19 diagnosis. On 21 August, the facility was closed with no-one permitted to enter or exit–despite a judge’s decision on 24 August to overturn […]
Argentina Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Argentina Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Argentina, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Argentina Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Argentina: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Argentina: A Paradigm Shift? Working Paper: Immigration Detention Through the Lens of International Human Rights: Lessons […]
Brunei Darussalam Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Brunei Darussalam Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Brunei Darussalam, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Brunei Darussalam Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Brunei Darussalam: Country Page Brunei Darussalam: COVID-19 Updates Brunei Darussalam: International Law […]
Argentina: Covid-19 and Detention
On 31 August 2020, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child praised Argentina’s decision to not deport a Peruvian mother after she completed her sentence for drug trafficking, taking into account the best interests of her three children, marking a new precedent in the country. In 2000, she was sentenced to imprisonment and […]
Greece: Covid-19 and Detention
Greek authorities reported the first confirmed Covid-19 case in Lesvos’ overcrowded Moria Camp. In response, the country’s ministries for asylum, health, and civil protection announced in a joint statement that the camp would be closed for 14 days, and that authorities were actively tracing and testing all persons who had come into contact with the […]
Botswana Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Botswana Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Botswana, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Botswana Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Botswana: Country Page Botswana: COVID-19 Updates Botswana: International Law […]
Marshall Islands Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Greece Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from the Marshall Islands, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Marshall Islands Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Marshall Islands: Country Page Marshall Islands: COVID-19 Updates Marshall Islands: International Law […]
Bhutan Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Bhutan Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Bhutan, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Bhutan Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Bhutan: Country Page Bhutan: COVID-19 Updates Bhutan: International Law […]
