Last updated: April 2010
Hungary Detention Profile
List of Detention Sites
Disclaimer | Sources | Categories
| Name | Location | Status (Year) | Facility Type | Security | Authority | Management | Capacity | Reported Population | Demographics & Segregation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Békéscsaba Reception Centre for asylum seekers | In Use (2010) | Békéscsaba, Békés megye | Registration Centre | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Office of Immigration and Nationality; private security company | 250 (2007) | Adult males and females, minors; families (2009) | |
| Budapest International Airport Transit Zone Detention Facility | In Use (2010) | Budapest International Airport, Budapest | Transit Zone | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Border Guard (Police) | 8 (2008) | Adult males and females, minors (2009). Gender segregation; family units (2007) | |
| Budapest International Airport "Guarded Shelter" | In Use (2010) | Budapest | Migrant Detention Centre | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Border Guard (Police) | 32 (2010) | Adult males and females, minors (2009). Gender segregation; family units (2007) | |
| Győr "Guarded Shelter" | In Use (2010) | Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye | Migrant Detention Centre | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Border Guard (Police) | 50 (2010) | 33 (7 May 2007) | Adult males and females (2009). Gender segregation (2007) |
| Kiskunhalas "Guarded Shelter" | In Use (2010) | Kiskunhalas, Bács-Kiskun megye | Migrant Detention Centre | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Border Guard (Police) | 36 (2010) | Adult males and females (2009). Gender segregation (2007) | |
| Nyírbátor "Guarded Shelter" | In Use (2010) | Nyírbátor, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye | Migrant Detention Centre | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Border Guard (Police) | 169 (2010) | 19 (10 May 2007) | Adult males and females (2009). Gender segregation (2007) |
| Orosháza "Guarded Shelter" | Closed (2008) | Orosháza, Békés megye | Migrant Detention Centre | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Border Guard (Police) | 25 (2007) | ||
| Szombathely "Guarded Shelter" | Closed (2008) | Szombathely, Vas megye | Migrant Detention Centre | Secure | Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement | Border Guard (Police) | 170 (2007) |
Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)
- Demjén, Péter (Office of Immigration and Nationality). 2010. Email message to Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). 9 April 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
- European Refugee Fund (ERF). 2007. Country Report: Hungary. May 2007. http://www.proasyl.de/fileadmin/proasyl/fm_redakteure/INFORMATIONEN/ICF/Laenderberichte/4.Hungary_200705.pdf (accessed 26 February 2010).
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). 2009. Briefing paper for the periodic visit to Hungary by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). Hungarian Helsinki Committee. February 2009. http://helsinki.hu/dokumentum/HHC_briefing_paper_CPT_periodic_visit_2009_web.pdf (accessed 2 February 2010).
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). 2008a. Asylum Seekers’ Access to Territory and to the Asylum Procedure in the Republic of Hungary: Report on the Border Monitoring Program’s First Year in 2007. Hungarian Helsinki Committee. December 2008. http://helsinki.webdialog.hu/dokumentum/Border_Monitoring_Report_2007_ENG_FINAL.pdf (accessed 26 February 2010).
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). 2007. “Hungary.” In Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe. Edited by the Jesuit Refugee Services – Europe. December 2007. http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed 2 February 2010).
- Iván, Júlia (Hungarian Helsinki Committee). 2010. Email message to Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). 1 April 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
- Szobolits, Andrea. 2008. “New Camp Setup in Hungary sends Refugees on the Move.” United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 30 January 2008. http://www.unhcr-budapest.org/index.php/component/content/article/19-news/84-new-camp-setup-in-hungary?directory=4 (accessed 9 February 2010).
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2009a. 2008 Report on Age, Gender, Diversity Mainstreaming (AGDM): Being a Refugee: How Refugees and Asylum Seekers Experience Life in Central Europe. UNHCR. July 2009. http://www.unhcr-budapest.org/images/stories/news/docs/08_Reception%20conditions/8_1_AGDM%20report%202008_REG/UNHCR-AGDM_report_2008-ENG.pdf (accessed 1 April 2010).
