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Dedicated migrant detention centres: 2 (2010)

Capacity of dedicated centres: 220 (2010)

Ave. no. people detained on a given day: 26 (2010)

Max. length of detention: 6 months (migrants detained based on removal measure); 2 years (criminal aliens)

Asylum Seekers:  303 (end 2008)

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  1. Arad Accommodation Centre
  2. Bucharest Otopeni Accommodation Centre
  3. Bucharest-Baneasa International Airport Transit Accommodation Centre
  4. Bucuresti Henri Coanda Airport Transit Accommodation Centre (formerly Bucharest-Otopeni Airport)
  5. Constanta Harbour Transit Accommodation Centre
  6. Romanesti Transit Accommodation Centre

 

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).