Sofia

Sofia Busmantsi Detention Centre (Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners(SHAF))

Bulgaria

Status

Migration Directorate. Ministry of Interior.

Governmental

Type: 2021 (In use)

Custodial Authority:

Management: Migration Directorate (Ministry of Interior)

Detains: Disabled persons, Families, Accompanied minors, Adult men, Adult women

Capacity Conditions complaints? Reported population
400
YES

2017

No Data
Bulgaria

8,592

Migration Detainee Entries (2021)

1,305

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens (2018)

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FACILITY NAMES
Sofia Busmantsi Detention Centre (Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners(SHAF))
Location

Country: Bulgaria

City & Region: Sofia, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 42.673616, 23.438816

Contact Information
ulitsa "Sredno livade" 6, 1520 Busmantsi, Bulgaria

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2021

Status Last documented use

2018

Status In use

2016

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2013

Status In use

2010
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2018

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2010
National typology

Name Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners

2018

Name Special Home for Temporary Placement of Foreigners

2013
Management

Name Migration Directorate. Ministry of Interior.

Type Governmental

2013
Custodial Authorities

Agency Migration Directorate

Ministry Ministry of Interior

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2017

Agency Migration Directorate

Ministry Ministry of the Interior

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2013

Agency National Service Border Police

Ministry Ministry of Interior

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2010
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Caritas

Service Social services

2017

Provider Bulgarian Red Cross

Service Social services

2017
Facility owner

Name of Owner State. Management is provided to the Migration Directorate, Ministry of Interior.

2017
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2006

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Disabled persons

2019

Name Families

2019

Name Accompanied minors

2019

Name Adult men

2019

Name Adult women

2019

Name Families

2019
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2019

Name Recognized refugees (administrative)

2019

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2019

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2019

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2019

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2010

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Capacity 400

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

2017

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 400

2015
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 31

2021

Number 1102

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)

Number 386

2021

Number 100

2010

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 59

2017

Number of Days 58

2013

Number of Days 61

2012

Number of Days 77

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2017
Inadequate conditions

Food provision

2017

Medical care

2017

Recreation

2017

Showers and toilets

2017

Bedding and clothing

2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2013

Secure

2010

STAFF

Specially Trained

Yes

2017
Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2017

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2017
Age Segregation

Yes

2017
Legal Segregation

Not Applicable

2017
Family Segregation

Yes

2017

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths

Yes

2017
Reports of self-harming

Yes

2016

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access

Yes

National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT

2017

Yes

Bar associations or similar

2017

Yes

National non-governmental groups

2017

Yes

UN High Commissioner for Refugees

2017

Yes

International Organization for Migration

2017

Yes

National ombudsman or human rights institution

2017
Family Access

Yes

2017
Consular Access

Yes

2017

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