Incheon

Incheon International Airport Detention Facility / Incheon International Airport Immigration Office Detention Facility

Status

In use

2024

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Immigration Bureau

Management: Free Zone (Private For-Profit)

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

Reported population Conditions complaints? Capacity
74

18 January 2021

YES

2025

No Data

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FACILITY NAMES
Incheon International Airport Detention Facility / Incheon International Airport Immigration Office Detention Facility

Alternative Names: 인천공항 송환대기실 [Incheon Airport repatriation waiting room]

Location

Country: Republic of Korea (South Korea)

City & Region: Incheon, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 37.4614093, 126.4472577

Contact Information
2172-1, Unseo-dong,
Jung-gu, Incheon
Tel. +82 32 740 7043
Fax. +82 32 740 7040

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2020
In use
2019
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Transit centre
2009
Management
Management
Type
Year
Free Zone
Private For-Profit
2016
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Immigration Bureau
Ministry of Justice
Justice
2009
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Free Zone
Management
2019
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Private Company
Airlines Operators Committee
2019

DETAINEES

Demographics

Accompanied minors

2019

Families

2019

Adult women

2009

Adult men

2009
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009
At-Risk Populations

Disabled persons

2025

Pregnant women

2025

Asylum seekers

2025

Unaccompanied children

2025

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
74
18 January 2021
43
18 January 2019
22
2 January 2005
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2021

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2025
2025
2025
2021
2021
2021

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2009

STAFF

Specially Trained

No

2016

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2025

Yes

2019
Age Segregation

No

2025

No

2019
Family Segregation

No

2025

CELLS

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

No

2021

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

No

2025
Leisure Equipment

No

2025
Activities/Education for Children

No

2025

No

2019

No

2018
Skills Development for Adults

No

2025
Language Classes

No

2025

No

2019

No

2018
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

No

2025
Remunerated Work

No

2025

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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