Lukavica (Sarajevo)

Sarajevo Immigration Detention Centre (Lukavica Detention Centre)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Service for Foreigner Affairs

Management: Service for Foreigner Affairs ( )

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

Capacity Deaths at facility Conditions complaints?
120
Yes

21 January 2024

YES

2019

Bosnia and Herzegovina

714

Migration Detainee Entries

310

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
Sarajevo Immigration Detention Centre (Lukavica Detention Centre)
Location

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

City & Region: Lukavica (Sarajevo), Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 43.834786, 18.366332

Contact Information
Draže Mihajlovića
R9M8+WG Lukavica
Bosnia and Herzegovina

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2022
In use
2019
In use
2011
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2019
Management
Management
Type
Year
Service for Foreigner Affairs
2024
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Service for Foreigner Affairs
2024
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2009

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2024

Families

2024

Adult women

2024

Accompanied minors

2024

Unaccompanied minors

2023
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2019

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2019

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 120

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 120

2015
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 714

2022

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2019
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2015

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2019
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2019
2019
2019
Reports of riots or other unrest

Yes

2024

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2024

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Family Segregation

Yes

2022

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
21 January 2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2019

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