Casablanca

Aéroport Mohamed V transit centre

Morocco

Status

In use

2021

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Director General for National Security

Management: Border Police (Governmental)

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

Conditions complaints? Capacity Reported population
YES

2017

No Data
No Data
Morocco

7,470

Refugees

11,378

Asylum Applications

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FACILITY NAMES
Aéroport Mohamed V transit centre
Location

Country: Morocco

City & Region: Casablanca, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 33.363940005, -7.5837421417

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2021
Last documented use
2017
In use
2016
In use
2013
In use
2011
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Transit centre
2016
National typology
Official Typology
Year
zone d’attente
Management
Management
Type
Year
Border Police
Governmental
2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Royal Air Maroc
Security
2017
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2017

Accompanied minors

2017

Adult men

2017

Unaccompanied minors

2017

Adult women

2016
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2017

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2017
2017
2017
2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

Specially Trained

No

2017

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2011
Age Segregation

Legal Segregation

No

2011
Family Segregation

No

2011

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
No
Bar associations or similar
2017
No
International non-governmental groups
2017
No
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
2017
No
National non-governmental groups
2017
No
National ombudsman or human rights institution

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