THE GLOBAL DETENTION PROJECT MISSION
The Global Detention Project (GDP) is a non-profit organisation based in Geneva that promotes the human rights of
people who have been detained for reasons related to their non-citizen status. Our mission is:
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To promote the human rights of detained migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers;
To ensure transparency in the treatment of immigration detainees;
To reinforce advocacy aimed at reforming detention systems;
To nurture policy-relevant scholarship on the causes and consequences of migration
control policies.
Global Detention Project
3 rue de Varembé
1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Email: admin@globaldetentionproject.org
Website: www.globaldetentionproject.org
Front cover image: Aerial view of Moria refugee camp, Lesvos © Dimitris Tosidis / Shutterstock.com
This report is also available online at www.globaldetentionproject.org