Åstorp

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Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2018
Migration Board, “Tomtförfrågan om nytt förvar i norra Sverige,” Website, 17 January 2018, https://www.migrationsverket.se/Om-Migrationsverket/Nyhetsarkiv/Nyhetsarkiv-2018/2018-01-17-Tomtforfragan-om-nytt-forvar-i-norra-Sverige.html
In use	2016
Niclas Axelsson (Swedish Migration Agency), Eamil Correspondence with Remi Vespi (Global Detention Project), 30 October 2015.
Caritas Sweden. 2015. “Country report: Sweden.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). April 2015. http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/sweden
ECRE (2017) "The detention of asylum seekers in Europe. Constructed on shaky ground?" AIDA . June 2017. Available at: https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AIDA-Brief_Detention-1.pdf
In use	2013
Migration Board. 2013. Response to Global Detention Project/Access Info Questionnaire. 20 March 2013.

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2017
Migration Board. 2013. Response to Global Detention Project/Access Info Questionnaire. 20 March 2013.
Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups (FARR), “Country Report: Sweden,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/sweden

Operating Period

Operating period

Year of Entry	Year Ceased
2013

Contact Information

City and region

Åstorp

Address & contact

Malmövägen 7, Åstorp

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Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Swedish Migration Agency	Governmental	2017
Migration Board. 2013. Response to Global Detention Project/Access Info Questionnaire. 20 March 2013.
Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups (FARR), “Country Report: Sweden,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/sweden

Security

Security Regime Show sources

Security Level	Observation date
Secure	2017
Swedish Migration Board, "Besök oss" http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/31.html (accessed 4 December 2009)
Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups (FARR), “Country Report: Sweden,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/sweden

Detention timeframe

Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources

Length	Observation date
Long-term (more than 20 days)	2017
Caritas Sweden, “Country Report: Sweden,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2015, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/sweden.
Swedish Migration Board, The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies in Sweden, European Migration Network (EMN), 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm.
Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups (FARR), “Country Report: Sweden,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/sweden

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Unaccompanied minors	2015
Niclas Axelsson (Swedish Migration Agency), Eamil Correspondence with Remi Vespi (Global Detention Project), 30 October 2015.
Accompanied minors	2015
Niclas Axelsson (Swedish Migration Agency), Eamil Correspondence with Remi Vespi (Global Detention Project), 30 October 2015.
Adult women	2015
Niclas Axelsson (Swedish Migration Agency), Eamil Correspondence with Remi Vespi (Global Detention Project), 30 October 2015.
Adult men	2015
Niclas Axelsson (Swedish Migration Agency), Eamil Correspondence with Remi Vespi (Global Detention Project), 30 October 2015.

Categories of detainees

Categories of detainees Show sources

Name	Observation date
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2016
ECRE (2017) "The detention of asylum seekers in Europe. Constructed on shaky ground?" AIDA . June 2017. Available at: https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AIDA-Brief_Detention-1.pdf
Asylum seekers (administrative)	2016
ECRE (2017) "The detention of asylum seekers in Europe. Constructed on shaky ground?" AIDA . June 2017. Available at: https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AIDA-Brief_Detention-1.pdf
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2013
Migration Board. 2013. Response to Global Detention Project/Access Info Questionnaire. 20 March 2013.

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2014
Swedish Migration Board, The use of detention and alternatives to detention in the context of immigration policies in Sweden, European Migration Network (EMN), 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm.

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	100	2004
Winiarski, Michael. 2004. “Rymningar ökar från låsta förvar av asylsökande.” Dagens Nyheter, 16 October 2004. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/rymningar-okar-fran-lasta-forvar-av-asylsokande-1.316866 (accessed 5 November 2009)

Conditions

Personnel

Access

Deaths

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Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Swedish Migration Agency	Ministry of Justice	Justice	2017
Migration Board. 2013. Response to Global Detention Project/Access Info Questionnaire. 20 March 2013.
Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups (FARR), “Country Report: Sweden,” Asylum Information Database (AIDA), December 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/sweden

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority

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