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Dedicated immigration detention centres: 1 (2010)

Detention capacity at dedicated facility: 220 (2010)

Total persons detained: 408 (2009)

Maximum length of detention: 1 year

Asylum seekers: 84 (Jan. 2009)

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Last updated: May 2010

Slovenia Detention Profile

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  1. Brnik Airport Holding Premises for Aliens
  2. Ljubljana Asylum Home
  3. Postojna Centre for Foreigners

 

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

  • European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2008a. Report to the Slovenian Government on the visit to Slovenia carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment from 31 January to 8 February 2006. CPT/Inf (2008) 7. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svn/2008-07-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 12 April 2010)
  • Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Slovenia. 2007. “Slovenia” in Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe. Jesuit Refugee Services Europe, December 2007. http://www.detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/10%20nms%20report%20final.pdf (accessed 12 April 2010)
  • Matevzic, Grusa (Legal Officer, Hungarian Helsinki Committee). 2010a. Email message to Aiko Holvikivi (Global Detention Project). 17 May 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of the Interior, Police. Website. Uniformed Police Directorate: Centre for Foreigners. http://www2.policija.si/portal_en/organiziranost/uup/CenterZaTujce/index.php (accessed 13 April 2010)