COVID-19 IMPACTS ON IMMIGRATION DETENTION: GLOBAL RESPONSES ABOUT IDC ABOUT HADRI IDC is a powerful global network of 400+ organisations, groups, individuals, as well as representatives of communities impacted by immigration detention, based in over 100 countries. IDC staff work across the world, nationally and regionally, in Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and at the global level. HADRI was established at Western Sydney University (WSU) in 2016 with a globally unique approach to pursue research that highlights the complexity of international responses to conflicts and disasters, and the intersections between the multidimensional health and socio-economic and political aspects of complex emergencies. IDC advocates to secure the human rights of people impacted by and at-risk of immigration detention. In partnership with civil society, UN agencies, and multiple levels of government, we strategically build movements, and influence law, policy and practices to reduce immigration detention and implement rights-based alternatives to detention (ATD). HADRI aims to conduct research that: ≥ Bridges the academic and practice aspects of humanitarian response, rehabilitation and development. ≥ Informs policy decisions of government, international organisations, academics and other stakeholders. ≥ Ensures synergies, innovation and knowledge sharing and translation through collaboration with HADRI’s global partners and engagement with WSU’s undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Humanitarian and Development Studies (HADS). For more information about IDC, see www.idcoalition.org This report COVID-19 Impacts on Immigration Detention: Global Responses is the second collaboration from Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI) affiliated scholars and practitioners on COVID-19, the first being the June 2020 publication of State Responses to COVID-19: a global snapshot at 1 June 2020. 6 International Detention Coalition and Western Sydney University