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Number of Immigration Detention Sites: 6 (2007)

Detention Capacity 1,287 (2007)

Number of Asylum Seekers: 2,186 (end 2007)

 

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Czech Republic Detention Profile

Map of "In Use" Detention Sites

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

 

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  • Detention centres

 

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  1. Bélá-Jezová
  2. Blue School Diagnostic Institute for Alien Minors (Modra Skola)
  3. Frýdek-Místek
  4. Postorná
  5. Praha-Ruzyné Airport (Airport Ruzyne Reception Centre)
  6. Velké Prílepy
  7. Vysní Lhoty

 

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

  • Counselling Centre for Refugees. 2007. “Czech Republic,” in Jesuit Refugee Service (ed.). 2007. Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Positions of JRS in Europe. Jesuit Refugee Service.

  • European Commission. 2006. “Monitoring Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Czech Republic: Monitoring conditions of A/S in detention: Situation analysis. Monitoring period: January-June 2006”. European Commission.

  • European Commission, Daphne II Programme, Nathalie Schlenzka. 2007. "The Risk Group of Unaccompanied Minors: Protection Measures in an Enlarged European Union: Country Report: Czech Republic," Berlin Institute of Comparative Social Research. Berlin.

  • European Parliament. 2007. "The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states." European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Policy Department C, Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs, December 2007.

  • Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. 2007. "2006 Status Report on Migration in the Czech Republic." Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. Prague.