Kareç (Karreç)

Kareç Detention Centre (Karreç)

Albania

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: The Directorate for Asylum and Citizenship, The Directorate of Migration and Readmissions, the Border and Migration Department

Management: Border and Migration Police (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
100
12

30 November 2018

YES

2018

Albania

9,381

Refugees

5

Asylum Applications

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FACILITY NAMES
Kareç Detention Centre (Karreç)
Location

Country: Albania

City & Region: Kareç (Karreç), Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 41.3796, 19.6107

Contact Information
Kareç (Karreç)
(20 kilometers outside Tirana, near Maminas)

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
In use
2021
In use
2014
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2022
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2015
Management
Management
Type
Year
Border and Migration Police
Governmental
2022
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
The Directorate for Asylum and Citizenship
Ministry of Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2022
The Directorate of Migration and Readmissions, the Border and Migration Department
Ministry of the Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2015
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2010

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2019

Adult men

2019

Adult women

2019
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2018
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2018

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 100

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 125

2019
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
12
30 November 2018
80
1 October 2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2019
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
360
2019

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2018
2018
2018
2018
2015
2015
2015
2011
2011
2011
2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Carceral Environment Yes

2018
Internal Security Regime

Security Level Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2018

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

2019

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2018
Family Segregation

Family Segregation Yes

2018

CELLS

Security/Isolation Cells

Security/Isolation Cells Yes

2018
Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs) Yes

2018

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Indoor Communal Space Yes

2018
Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space Yes

2018
Leisure Equipment

Leisure Equipment No

2018

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) No

2018
Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival No

2018
Doctor on Duty

Frequency Daily

2018
Nurse on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2018
Psychologist Visits

Frequency At least once a week

2018
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Health screenings
2018
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate translation servicesUnsanitary/inadequate detention conditions
2018

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2014
Yes
International Committee of the Red Cross
2012
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2012
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2012
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2012

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones Limited

2018
Free Outgoing Local Calls

Free Outgoing Local Calls Yes

2018
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones Yes (with restrictions)

2018