Aswan Governorate

117th Battalion Border Guard Base

Egypt

Status

In use

2026

Type: Military base (Ad Hoc)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Border Guard (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative)

Conditions complaints? Capacity Reported population
YES

2024

No Data
No Data
Egypt

238,014

Refugees

638,948

Asylum Applications

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"Managed by border guard forces, this facility was described as overcrowded by refugees. The satellite image shows vehicles of the kind that refugees said are used by smugglers." (New Humanitarian, 25 April 2024)

FACILITY NAMES
117th Battalion Border Guard Base
Location

Country: Egypt

City & Region: Aswan Governorate, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 22.63559509650647, 33.26012377787131

Contact Information
117th Battalion border guard base
J7P6+63M، الظهير الصحراوى أبو سمبل،, Aswan Governorate 1233201, Egypt

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2026
In use
2024
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Ad Hoc
Military base
2026
Administrative
Border guard
2024
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Border Guard Base
2024
Management
Management
Type
Year
Border Guard
Governmental
2024

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2024

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Unsanitary/inadequate detention conditions
2024

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