Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 1 (2009)

Detention capacity at dedicated facility: 40 (2009)

Total persons detained: 541 (2008)

Maximum length of detention: No limit

Asylum seekers: 2,742 (end 2008)

Annual number of deportation orders: 75 (2008)

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Last updated: September 2009

Finland Detention Profile

Map of "In Use" Detention Sites

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  • Detention centres

 

For detailed information about each detention site, please see List of Detention Sites.

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  1. Metsälä Detention Unit for Aliens

 

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

  • Nuutinen, Pekka (manager, Helsinki Detention Unit) and Mäkinen, Mikko (assistant manager, Helsinki Detention Unit). 2009. Interview by Aiko Holvikivi (Global Detention Project). Helsinki, Finland, 8 September 2009.
  • European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2004. Report to the Finnish Government on the visit to Finland carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 7 to 17 September 2003. Council of Europe CPT/Inf (2004) 20. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/fin/2004-20-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 25 September 2009)
  • European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2009. Report to the Finnish Government on the visit to Finland carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 20 to 30 April 2009. Council of Europe. CPT/Inf (2009) 5. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/fin/2009-05-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 25 September 2009).