Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
  - 4.5.1: Introduction.
  - 4.5.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 4.5.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 4.5.4: Country Links.
  - 4.5.5: Reference List.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Norway.
- 4.19: Poland.
- 4.20: Portugal.
- 4.21: Romania.
- 4.22: Slovakia.
- 4.23: Slovenia.
- 4.24: Spain.
- 4.25: Sweden.
- 4.26: Switzerland.
- 4.27: Turkey.
- 4.28: Ukraine.
- 4.29: United Kingdom.
5: Middle East .

Denmark Profile

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 1 (2009)
Capacity of dedicated facility: 118 (2009)
Total capacity (dedicated facility & two detention units): 135 (2009)
Ave. daily no. of detainees: 50 (2009)
Max. length of detention: No limit
Asylum Seekers: 527 (January 2009)

Last updated: March 2010

Denmark Detention Profile

Reference List

Aliens Act (Consolidated). 1983. Danish Consolidation Act No. 785 of 10 August 2009.

Danish Government. 2009. Response of the Danish Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Denmark from 11 to 20 February 2008. Council of Europe. CPT/Inf (2009) 12. Strasbourg. 13 March 2009.

Danish Immigration Service (DIS). Website a. “Danish Immigration Service key figures: Accounts for 2008.” Page last updated 19 August 2009. http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/authorities/the_danish_immigration_service/key_figures_2004.htm (accessed 25 February 2010).

Danish Immigration Service (DIS). Website b. “Accommodation centres.” Page last updated 17 February 2009. http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/asylum/accomodation_centres/ (accessed 9 March 2010).

Danish Immigration Service (DIS). Website c. “Departure centres.” Page last updated 21 October 2008. http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/asylum/accomodation_centres/departure_centres.htm (accessed 9 March 2010).

Danish Immigration Service (DIS). Website d. “Asylum.” http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/asylum/asylum.htm (accessed 10 March 2010).

Danish Immigration Service (DIS). Website e. “Unaccompanied children.” Page last updated 17 February 2009. http://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/asylum/unaccompanied_chilren.htm (accessed 10 March 2010).

Olander, Thorbjorn Bosse (Legal Adviser, Danish Red Cross). Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project), 29 May 2008. Geneva, Switzerland.

Danish Red Cross (DRC ). Website. “Asylcentrene.” http://drk.dk/roede+kors+i+danmark/asyl/asylcentrene (accessed 9 March 2010).

Department of Prison and Probation. 2009. Prison and Probation Service – in brief. Department of Prison and Probation. Strandgade, Copenhagen, Denmark. Updated August 2009.

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2008. Report to the Government of Denmark on the visit to Denmark carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 11 to 20 February 2008. Council of Europe. CPT/Inf (2008) 26. Strasbourg. 25 September 2008.

Freedom House. 2009. Freedom in the World – Denmark. 16 July 2009. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a6452bfc.html (accessed 18 February 2010).

Jesuit Refugee Service USA (JRS-USA). Website. “Worldwide Detention Practices: Detention Overview – Denmark.” Page copyrighted 2010. http://jrsusa.org/detention/denmark.php (accessed 9 March 2010).

Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak. 2009. Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development: Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak: Addendum Mission to Denmark. UN Human Rights Council, Tenth session, Agenda item 3. A/HRC/10/44/Add.2. 18 February 2009.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2009. 2008 Global Trends: refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons. UNHCR. 16 June 2009. http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c364c4d6.html (accessed 29 July 2009).