A coronavirus outbreak was confirmed at the UK’s Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (close to Gatwick Airport) in early December. While the Home Office declined to clarify how many positive cases had been recorded or how many people were in isolation at that time, the Guardian reported that at least 17 detainees had tested positive […]
Europe
Switzerland: Covid-19 and Detention
In a recent finding, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) concluded that Switzerland violated provisions in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when it failed to show due diligence in assessing a child’s best interests and did not take the child’s views into account in a case involving a […]
Moldova Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Moldova Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Moldova, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Moldova Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Moldova: Country Page Moldova: International Law Moldova: COVID-19 Updates […]
Greece Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Greece Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Greece, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Greece Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Greece Country Page Physical Fences and Digital Divides: Final Report of the Global Detention Project Special Investigation into the Uses of Electronic Media […]
Hungary Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Hungary Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Hungary, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Hungary Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Country Page: Hungary Report: Immigration Detention in Hungary – Transit Zone or Twilight Zone? Crossing a Red Line: How EU Countries Undermine the […]
Spain Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Spain Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Spain, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Spain Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Spain: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Spain – A Rapid Response to COVID-19 (2020) Book: Immigration Detention in the European Union […]
Russian Federation Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Russian Federation Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Russian Federation, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Russian Federation Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Russian Federation: Country Page Russian Federation: COVID-19 Updates Russian Federation: Domestic Law […]
Cyprus Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Cyprus Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Cyprus, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Cyprus Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Cyprus: Country Page Cyprus: COVID-19 Updates Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Cyprus Cyprus: Reception Challenges in Europe’s New […]
France Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
France Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from France, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the France Detention Data Profile Related Reading: France: Country Page France: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in France: Longer, More Widespread, and Harder to Contest […]
United Kingdom: Covid-19 and Detention
So far in 2020, more than 7,400 people have arrived in the UK via small boats, nearly four times as many as in 2019. Seven migrants have died trying to cross the Channel this year, three more than last year. Part of this increase may be due to COVID-19 restrictions and the suspension of resettlement […]
