Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Egypt

Abu Simbel Military Base

Status

Last documented use

2024

Type: Military base (Ad Hoc)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Border Guard (Governmental)

Detains: Accompanied minors, Families, Adult women, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Conditions complaints? Capacity Reported population
YES

2024

No Data
No Data
Egypt

238,014

Refugees

638,948

Asylum Applications

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ABOUT

"Close to the border with Sudan, this facility is managed by border guard forces and is used for refugees that are transferred from other bases ahead of their deportation. One refugee described overcrowding, sewage overflowing in front of a kitchen, and women and children suffering from food poisoning." (The New Humanitarian, 25 April, 2024)


FACILITY NAMES
Abu Simbel Military Base
Location

Country: Egypt

City & Region: Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Egypt, Africa

Contact Information
Abu Simbel Military Base
Abu Simbel, قسم الواحات الخارجة،

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Last documented use
2024
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Ad Hoc
Military base
2024
Management
Management
Type
Year
Border Guard
Governmental
2024

DETAINEES

Demographics

Accompanied minors

2024

Families

2024

Adult women

2024

Adult men

2024
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Sudan

2024

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2024
2024
2024

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Unsanitary/inadequate detention conditionsInadequate food or water provision
2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

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