Romania Detention Profile
List of Detention Sites
Disclaimer | Sources | Categories
| 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).



