Adult men

Families

Accompanied minors

Adult women

Unaccompanied minors

Families

Adult women

Adult men

Accompanied minors

Families

Disabled persons

Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Asylum seekers (administrative)

Asylum seekers (administrative)

Asylum seekers (administrative)

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Asylum seekers (administrative)

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Asylum seekers (administrative)

Recognized refugees (administrative)

Asylum seekers (administrative)

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Country #1 Syria

Country #2 Afghanistan

Country #3 Iraq

Country #4 Palestine

Country #5 Morocco

Country #1 Afghanistan

Country #2 Syria

Country #3 Iraq

Country #4 Turkey

Country #5 Morocco

Asylum seekers

Refugees

Accompanied children

Disabled persons

Asylum seekers

Unaccompanied children

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

Number 49

Number 31

Number 1102

Yes

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

Number of Days 59

Number of Days 58

Number of Days 61

Number of Days 77

Reported Overstays Yes

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

Carceral Environment Yes

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

Security Level Secure

Security Level Secure

Trained Personnel Yes

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description One day, a group of guards dragged the Afghan man from solitary confinement and beat him with an iron rod.

Report date (Year) 2025

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description Another man was punched in the face. Detainees told me that the guards knew where there were missing surveillance cameras — near the laundry room, for instance — and assaulted people there.

Report date (Year) 2025

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description Last year, a Syrian man in his mid-30s named Ahmad was locked inside Busmantsi, even though he had a valid German residence permit, making it legal for him to travel. Ahmad, who suffers from psychosis, was put in solitary confinement. His sister told me that the guards beat him so brutally after he resisted his deportation that he could not walk for five days.

Report date (Year) 2025

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description Some detainees at the SHTAF in Busmantsi alleged having been punched, kicked and/or violently pushed by custodial officers; in a few cases, phyiscal ill-treatment had reportedly been accompanied by verbal abuse.

Report date (Day) 23

Report date (Month) September

Report date (Year) 2024

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Gender Segregation No

Gender Segregation Yes

Age Segregation Yes

Legal Segregation Not Applicable

Legal Segregation Not Applicable

Family Segregation Yes

Security/Isolation Cells Yes

Number 30

Hours 0.5

Outdoor Space Yes

Outdoor Space Yes

Hours 0.5

Hours 2

Hours 2

Activities/Education for Children No

Skills Development for Adults No

Skills Development for Adults No

Skills Development for Adults No

Language Classes No

Language Classes No

Language Classes No

Possibility to Prepare Own Meals No

Remunerated Work No

Remunerated Work No

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) No

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival No

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival No

Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival No

Frequency Infrequent

Frequency Infrequent

Frequency No regular visits

Lawyer Access Infrequently

Lawyer Access Yes

Family Access Yes

Family Access Yes

Family Access Infrequently

Family Access Yes

Consular Access Yes

Access to Telephones Yes

Access to Telephones Yes

Free Outgoing Local Calls No

Computer Access No

Internet Access No

Internet Access No

Access to Personal Cell Phones Yes (with restrictions)

Access to Personal Cell Phones Yes (with restrictions)