Last updated: February 2010
Mauritania Detention Profile
List of Detention Sites
Disclaimer | Sources | Categories
| Name | Status (Year) | Location | Facility Type | Security | Authority | Management | Capacity | Reported Population on a Single Day | Demographics & Segregation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouadhibou Reception Centre for Clandestine Migrants | In Use (2009) | Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou | Migrant Detention Centre | Secure | National Security Service | National Security Service | 216 bunk beds (2008) | 62 (3 March 2008) | Adult Males and Females, Minors; Gender Segregation (2008) |
Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)
- Amnesty International (AI). 2008a. “Mauritania: Nobody Wants to Have Anything to Do With Us.” AFR 38/001/2008. 1 July 2008. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR38/001/2008/en/d05d42f1-393e-466c-831a-822d76fa3c1e/afr380012008eng.pdf (accessed 11 November 2009).
- Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR). 2009. “Informe de evaluación del centro de detención de migrantes en Nouadhibou (Mauritania).” CEAR. Declarada de Utilitad Pública. G 28651529. 2009. http://www.cear.es/files/Informe%20CEAR%20Nouadhibou%202009%20.pdf (accessed 11 November 2009).
- European Social Watch (ESW). 2009. “Spain: The Externalisation of Migration and Asylum Policies: The Nouadhibou Detention Centre.” http://www.socialwatch.eu/wcm/Spain.html (accessed 2 February 2010).
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). 2008. “Mission to Mauritania.” United Nations Human Rights Council. A/HRC/10/21/Add.2. 21 November 2008. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/168/99/PDF/G0816899.pdf?OpenElement (accessed 11 November 2009).
