On 23 June, the GDP was invited to speak at a Collective Aid webinar, “Immigration Detention: From Global Trends to Bosnia and Herzegovina.” Presenting their latest research report examining conditions within Bosnia and Herzegovina‘s Lukavica Detention Centre, Collective Aid’s Advocacy Manager Anna Gruber highlighted serious deficiencies in the centre, including degrading living conditions, a near-total […]
Externalisation
Equatorial Guinea: US Third Country Deportations to Another Country Accused of Widespread Corruption and Human Rights Abuses
Since late 2025, the United States has been deporting individuals, including those with existing protection orders, to Equatorial Guinea under a secretive bilateral temporary transfer agreement that is similar to others set up by the US with countries across Africa and Latin America. Reports indicate that upon arrival the deportees have been detained in a […]
Democratic Republic of Congo: US Third-Country Deportations Amidst a Human Rights Crisis
In April, after the Democratic Republic of Congo announced the launch of a “temporary reception system for third country nationals,” a group of deportees from the United States arrived, marking the latest expansion of the Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown and deportation agenda. Upon arrival, the group were placed in a hotel from which they were reportedly prevented from leaving, raising credible fears of de facto detention. With the DRC facing a severe and well-documented human rights crisis characterised by ongoing armed conflict, mass displacement, and widespread abuses by state and non-state actors, the choice of destination is a deeply troubling one. […]
Ghana: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers
Together with Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the Ghana-based Democracy Hub, and the Global Strategic Litigation Council, the Global Detention Project has urged the UN Committee on Migrant Workers to assess the country’s recent agreement with the United States to accept deported third-country nationals, as well as its subsequent detention and removal of these individuals. […]
Guatemala: Joint Submission to the UN Committee on Migrant Workers
In a submission to the United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers ahead of its adoption of a List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Guatemala, the Global Detention Project and the American Friends Service Committee called on the Committee to request detailed information from Guatemala regarding its recent agreement with the United States to accept deported third-country nationals. Together, we also urged the Committee to seek information on the detention and removal of these individuals to enable effective scrutiny of the impacts of this scheme. […]
Libya: EU Plans in Eastern Libya Threaten Increased “Pullbacks” and Detentions
Amidst growing numbers of irregular departures from eastern Libya towards the Greek islands of Gavdos and Crete, internal EU documents reveal plans to collaborate with the country’s de facto leader Gen. Khalifa Haftar to intercept irregularly departing migrants. The plans could significantly expand Libya’s migrant “pullbacks,” leading to more people being stranded in the country’s […]
Cameroon: Another Third-Country Removal Scheme Ending with Detention
This year, the Trump administration has quietly deported seventeen men and women to Cameroon under a murky arrangement that is part of broader U.S. efforts to send “unremovable” migrants and asylum seekers to third countries. Upon arrival in the capital Yaoundé, the deportees were reportedly detained and threatened with removal to their countries of origin. […]
EU: New Return Regulation Threatens to Significantly Expand Detention, Warn UN Special Procedures
In a communication to the European Commission, European Parliament, and Council of the European Union, 16 UN Special Procedure mandate holders have raised alarm over the risks posed by the EC’s proposed Return Regulation, expressing serious doubts about its compatibility with international human rights obligations. […]
Externalisation and the Emergence of a Global Immigration Detention Gulag Archipelago: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
Drawing attention to the connection between externalisation and the spread of arbitrary immigration detention practices across the globe, this submission highlights the ongoing violations committed against migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers forcibly removed to third countries under migration and asylum management deals. […]
Uzbekistan: Cooperation with EU and US Raises Questions about Human Rights Obligations
Uzbekistan’s immigration laws and practices have received little international attention. However, new arrangements with both the European Union and the United States are raising questions about the country’s commitments to its human rights obligations. […]
