Poland Profile

Quick Facts

Number of Detention Sites: 30 (2007-2008)

Annual No. of Deportations: 2,833 (2008)

Undocumented Population: 50,000-300,000 (2004)

Number of Asylum Seekers: 247 (end 2009)

Max. Length of Detention: One year (2010)

 

Last updated: December 2010

Poland 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

 

Country View

  1. Biala Podlaska Deportation Arrest
  2. Biala Podlaska Guarded Center for Aliens
  3. Bialystok Deportation Arrest
  4. Bialystok Guarded Center for Aliens
  5. Ketrzyn Deportation Arrest
  6. Krosno Odrzanskie Guarded Center for Aliens
  7. Lesznowola Guarded Center for Aliens
  8. Przemysl Deportation Arrest
  9. Przemysl Guarded Center for Aliens
  10. Szczecin Deportation Arrest
  11. Warsaw Deportation Arrest

 

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

  • 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.
  • European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed March 30, 2009).
  • Fagasinski, Maciek (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2010. Email message to Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project). 24 September 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Fagasinski, Maciek (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 3 January 2011. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Caritas Poland. 2007. “Poland” in Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Illegally Staying Third Country Nationals in the 10 New Member States of the European Union. JRS. December 2007. http://www.detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/10%20nms%20report%20final.pdf (accessed March 15, 2009).
  • The regional coalition, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. 2006. “Poland” in Survey on Detention of Asylum Seekers in EU Member States. Sona Aujeska, the Regional Coalition. 2006. http://alternatives-to-detention.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Survey%20on%20Detention%20of%20Asylum%20Seekers%20in%20EU%20Member%20States.pdf (accessed March 15, 2009).
  • Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich (Ombudsmen for Citizen Rights). 2009. Wizytacje Krajowego Mechnizmu Prewencji w 2009 R. (Visits of National Prevention Mechanism Prevention in 2009). 2009. http://www.rpo.gov.pl/index.php?md=6056&s=1 (accessed March 30, 2009).
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2006. The Monitoring of Access of Refugees and Other Persons of Concern to UNHCR to Refugee Status Determination Procedure in Poland. UNHCR. December 2006. http://www.pomocprawna.org/publikacje.html (accessed March 22, 2009).