Bosnia and Herzegovina Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Bosnia and Herzegovina, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Bosnia and Herzegovina Detention Data Profile Related Readings: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Country Page Submission to the UN Committee against Torture: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and […]
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Covid-19 and Detention
Amidst rising xenophobic sentiment in the country (see 29 April update on this platform), in mid-August residents of Velika Kladusa (in the Krajina region, on the Bosnian-Croatian border) staged a protest to denounce purported assaults by foreigners on local civilians. The protestors reportedly blocked a road leading to an asylum seeker reception centre. During the […]
United Kingdom: Covid-19 and Detention
During the first two weeks of August, more than 650 migrants and asylum seekers crossed the Channel from France. With fewer lorries able to cross during the pandemic, migrants and asylum seekers have increasingly sought to attempt the journey in dinghies, often with the aid of smugglers. The country’s Home Office has been advancing alarmist […]
Iceland Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Iceland Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Iceland, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Iceland Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Iceland: Country Page Iceland: International Law Iceland: COVID-19 Updates […]
Denmark Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Denmark Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Denmark, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Denmark Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Denmark: Country Page Denmark: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in Denmark: Where Officials Celebrate the Deprivation of Liberty of “Rejected Asylum Seekers” Submission to […]
Iceland: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the Icelandic Parliamentary Ombudsman (Althingi Ombudsman) reported there are no dedicated immigration detention centres in the country (previously, reports from the Council of Europe going back as far as 1998 have indicated that prisons or police stations are used for this purpose). Thus, the Ombudsman did not […]
Bulgaria Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Bulgaria Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Bulgaria, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Bulgaria Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Bulgaria: Country Page Report: Immigration Detention in Bulgaria – Fewer Migrants and Refugees, More Fences Submission to the UN Committee against Torture (70th […]
Slovakia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Slovakia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Slovakia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Slovakia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Slovakia: Country Page Slovakia: COVID-19 Updates Immigration Detention in Slovakia: Punitive Conditions Paid for by the Detainees Submission to the UN Committee on […]
Finland Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Finland Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Finland, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Finland Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Finland: Country Page Finland: COVID-19 Updates Report: Immigration Detention in Finland: Limited Use of “Alternatives,” Restrictive Detention Review, Divisive Political Debate […]
Andorra Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Andorra Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Andorra, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Andorra Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Andorra: Country Page Andorra: International Law […]
