Facts and Figures
In the year April 2004 – March 2005, we assisted 362 detainees, of whom 309 were asylum seekers. In the first three months of 2005 alone, we took 126 referrals.
| Issues raised by detainees during visits |
| (Percentage of visits by our volunteers in which issues were raised, April 04 – March 05) |
| Emotional because of loss of freedom |
89% |
Immigration status
(asylum claim, deportation) |
86% |
Bail
application |
66% |
| Treatment in detention centre |
63% |
Boredom
lack of resources |
56% |
Health
(Health status, access to doctor etc) |
54% |
| Emotional because of past incident |
31% |
| Torture / mistreatment in country of origin |
20% |
| Violence (assault etc) |
15% |
| Other |
37% |
| Countries of origin of our clients |
Africa (Total 211) |
Asia
(Total 125) |
| Nigeria |
33 |
| DR Congo |
20 |
| Uganda |
4 |
| Zimbabwe |
3 |
| Cameroon |
12 |
| Sierra Leone |
12 |
| Liberia |
10 |
| Congo Brazzaville |
8 |
| Ghana |
8 |
| Guinea |
7 |
| Sudan |
7 |
| Algeria |
6 |
| Angola |
6 |
| Ivory Coast |
6 |
| Burundi |
4 |
| Chad |
4 |
| Togo |
4 |
| Kenya |
3 |
| Malawi |
3 |
| Senegal |
3 |
| Somalia |
3 |
| Burkina Faso |
2 |
| Ivory Coast |
2 |
| Eritrea |
2 |
| Gambia |
2 |
| Rwanda |
2 |
| South Africa |
2 |
| Tanzania |
2 |
| Benin |
1 |
| Botswana |
1 |
| Central African Rep |
1 |
| Egypt |
1 |
| Gabon |
1 |
| Libya |
1 |
| Mali |
1 |
| Mauritania |
1 |
| Mauritius |
1 |
| Morocco |
1 |
| Niger |
1 |
|
| Pakistan |
23 |
| Iran |
15 |
| Afghanistan |
14 |
| China |
11 |
| Iraq |
7 |
| Turkey |
5 |
| Palestine |
5 |
| Syria |
4 |
| India |
3 |
| Bangladesh |
2 |
| Georgia |
2 |
| Lebanon |
2 |
| Sri Lanka |
2 |
| Armenia |
1 |
| Azerbaijan |
1 |
| Kuwait |
1 |
| Turkmenistan |
1 |
Europe
(Total 22) |
| Moldova |
4 |
| Romania |
4 |
| Ukraine |
4 |
| Kosovo |
3 |
| Russia |
3 |
| Albania |
2 |
| Belarus |
2 |
Americas and Australia
(Total 31) |
| Jamaica |
26 |
| Bolivia |
1 |
| Cuba |
1 |
| Haiti |
1 |
| Honduras |
1 |
| Australia |
1 |
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