Gjader

Gjader Detention Centre

Albania

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Not Available

Detains: Adult men

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
144
No Data
No Data
Albania

11,970

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

9,381

Refugees

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ABOUT

The center in Gjader includes a CPR with 144 places, next to a center that can host up to 880 asylum seekers and a prison for 20.

NEWS & TESTIMONY
2025

"The Italian government intends to use facilities it opened last October in Albania for the fast-track processing of asylum seekers into repatriation centers, after Italian courts repeatedly blocked the detention there o [...]

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FACILITY NAMES
Gjader Detention Centre
Location

Country: Albania

City & Region: Gjader, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 41.8734612894, 19.595904330894

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
In use
2024
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2025
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2024
Foreign Support
Foreign Financing
Country/Entity
Offshore detention
Country/Entity
Year
Yes
Italy
Yes
Albania
2025

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2025

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 144

2025

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
548
2025

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2025

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2025

"The Italian government intends to use facilities it opened last October in Albania for the fast-track processing of asylum seekers into repatriation centers, after Italian courts repeatedly blocked the detention there of migrants rescued at sea."