Romania Detention Profile

List of Detention Sites  

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Name Status (Year) Location Facility Type Detention Timeframe Security Authority Management Capacity Reported Population Demographics & Segregation
Arad Accommodation Centre In use (2010) Horia, Arad (Western Romania) Migrant detention centre Long-term Secure Ministry of Interior Romanian Immigration Office 56 (2010)   Adult males and females. Segregation of criminal detainees and administrative detainees.
Bucharest Otopeni Accommodation Centre In use (2010) Otopeni Migrant detention centre Long-term Secure Ministry of Interior Romanian Immigration Office 164 (2010)   Adult males and females. Segregation of criminal detainees and administrative detainees.
Bucharest-Baneasa International Airport Transit Accommodation centre In use (2006) Bucharest-Baneasa International Airport Transit Zone Medium-term Secure Ministry of Interior General Inspectorate of the Border Police     Adult males and females
Bucuresti Henri Coanda Airport Transit Accommodation Centre (formerly the Bucharest-Otopeni Airport) In use (2010) Bucharest-Henri Coanda Airport Transit Zone Medium-term Secure Ministry of Interior General Inspectorate of the Border Police     Adult males and females
Constanta Harbour Transit Accommodation Centre In use (2010) Constanta Harbour Transit Zone Medium-term Secure Ministry of Interior General Inspectorate of the Border Police     Adult males and females
Romanesti Transit Accommodation Centre In use (2010) Romanesti (at border with Moldova) Transit Zone Medium-term Secure Ministry of Interior General Inspectorate of the Border Police     Adult males and females

 

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

  • Aliens Law (Emergency Ordinance n. 194/2002 on the regime of aliens). 2002. With subsequent amendments: 194/2002; 482/2004; 113/2005. Romanian Government.
  • European Commission (EC). 2007. Twinning: Support to Turkey’s Capacity in Combating Illegal Migration and Establishment of Removal Centres for Illegal Migrants. Twinning Project No. TR 07 02 16.
  • Jesuit Refugee Service. 2008. “Romania: draft bill establishing Emergency Transit Centre introduced.” JRS. 16 September 2008. http://www.jrs.net/news/index.php?lang=en&sid=3712 (accessed 18 March 2010).
  • Jesuit Refugee Service Europe (JRS). Website. “Detention in Europe: Romania.” Jesuit refugee Service. http://www.detention-in-europe.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=240 (accessed 18 March 2010).
  • Leonescu, Stefan (Jesuit Refugee Service Romania). 2010. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 3 May 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 1999. Background Information on the Situation in the Republic of Romania in the Context of the Return of Asylum Seekers. 1 December 1999. www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6b33aa4.html (accessed 12 April 2010).