Lyubimets

Lyubimets Detention Centre (Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners (SHTAF))

Bulgaria

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Migration Directorate, Migration Directorate, National Service Border Police

Management: Migration Directorate. Ministry of Interior. (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Recognized refugees (administrative), Unaccompanied minors, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
660
124

31 December 2024

YES

2024

Bulgaria

9,208

Migration Detainee Entries

22,805

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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Detention Observatory Partners
Global Detention Project
Red Line Project
Bulgarian Foundation for Access to Rights (FAR)
FACILITY NAMES
Lyubimets Detention Centre (Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners (SHTAF))
Location

Country: Bulgaria

City & Region: Lyubimets, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 41.8265953736, 26.0815429688

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2022
Last documented use
2018
In use
2016
In use
2015
In use
2013
In use
2011
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2018
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2011
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners
2018
Special Home for Temporary Placement of Foreigners
2013
Management
Management
Type
Year
Migration Directorate. Ministry of Interior.
Governmental
2019
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Migration Directorate
Ministry of Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2017
Migration Directorate
Ministry of the Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2013
National Service Border Police
Ministry of Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Bulgarian Red Cross
2017
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Government
Ministry of Interior
2017
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2011

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2024

Adult men

2019

Adult women

2019

Accompanied minors

2019

Families

2019

Disabled persons

2016

Families

2016
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2019

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2019

Recognized refugees (administrative)

2019

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Afghanistan

Country #2 Syria

Country #3 Iraq

Country #4 Turkey

Country #5 Morocco

2024
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2024

Unaccompanied children

2024

Unaccompanied children

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 660

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 660

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 660

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 300

2017

Type Capacity including surge

Capacity 400

2017

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 300

2015

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 300

2011
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 853

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
124
31 December 2024
295
31 December 2023
342
29 December 2021
258
6 October 2017
349
2 September 2013
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2023

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 52

2017

Number of Days 30

2013

Number of Days 31

2012

Number of Days 59

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2024

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2023

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2017
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2024
2024
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2019

STAFF

Specially Trained

Yes

2017
Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2019

Yes

2017

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2017
Age Segregation

No

2017
Legal Segregation

Yes

2017

Yes

2017
Family Segregation

Yes

2024

Yes

2017

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

Yes

2024

Yes

2023

Yes

2021
Hours Outdoor Space Accessible

2

2024

2

2023
Activities/Education for Children

No

2023
Skills Development for Adults

No

2023

No

2019
Language Classes

No

2023

No

2019
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

No

2019
Remunerated Work

No

2019

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

No

2024
Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

No

2024

No

2023

No

2021
Doctor on Duty

Infrequent

2024
Nurse on Duty

Infrequent

2024
Psychologist Visits

No regular visits

2019
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Psychological careSpecialist careMedication
2019
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate translation servicesUnsanitary/inadequate detention conditions
2024
Lack of record keepingInadequate translation servicesUnsanitary/inadequate detention conditions
2019

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2024

Yes

2023
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2024
Yes
International non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2023
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2023
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
Yes
National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT
2017
Yes
Bar associations or similar
2017
Family Access

Yes

2024

Yes

2023

Infrequently

2019

Yes

2017
Consular Access

Yes

2017

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2024

Yes

2019
Computer Access

No

2024
Internet Access

No

2024

No

2023

No

2021
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Yes (with restrictions)

2024

Yes (with restrictions)

2019