Al Wardia (El Ouardia) Reception and Orientation Centre in Tunisia

Al Wardia (El Ouardia) Reception and Orientation Centre

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Borders & Foreigners Department

Management: Ministry of Interior (Governmental)

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

Capacity	Reported population	Conditions complaints?
100	24 30 November 2019	YES 2019

Capacity

Reported population

Conditions complaints?

100

24

30 November 2019

YES

2019

FACILITY NAMES

Al Wardia (El Ouardia) Reception and Orientation Centre

Location

Country: Tunisia

City & Region: Tunis, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 36.81881, 10.16596

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status

Year

In use

2025

In use

2020

In use

2019

In use

2015

In use

2013

In use

2011

Facility type

Category

Type

Year

Administrative

Immigration detention centre

2015

Administrative

Immigration detention centre

2011

National typology

Official Typology

Year

Reception and Orientation Centre (Centre d'accueil et d'orientation)

2015

Management

Management

Type

Year

Ministry of Interior

Governmental

2013

Custodial Authorities

Agency

Ministry

Ministry type

Year

Borders & Foreigners Department

Ministry of the Interior

Interior or Home Affairs

2013

Foreign Support

Foreign Financing

Country/Entity

Offshore detention

Country/Entity

Year

Yes

European Union, Italy

2021

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2012

Accompanied minors

2012

Adult women

2012

Adult men

2012

Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2015

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2015

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 100

2012

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)

Number

Date

30 November 2019

Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2019

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2013

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Inadequate Conditions

Obvs. Date

2019

2015

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2012

Age Segregation

Yes

2012

Legal Segregation

2012