Kokkinotrimithia, Cyprus

Pournara Emergency Reception Centre (First Reception Centre / Rescue Camp / Kokkinotrimithia Camp / Registration Centre)

Cyprus

Status

In use

2024

Type: Secure reception centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Cypriot Civil Defence Force (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women, Families, Unaccompanied minors, Asylum seekers (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1000
700

27 May 2020

YES

2023

Cyprus

10,115

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

325

Detention Capacity

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FACILITY NAMES
Pournara Emergency Reception Centre (First Reception Centre / Rescue Camp / Kokkinotrimithia Camp / Registration Centre)
Location

Country: Cyprus

City & Region: Kokkinotrimithia, Cyprus, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 35.158009760590, 33.2289814030618

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2021
In use
2020
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Secure reception centre
2018
Management
Management
Type
Year
Cypriot Civil Defence Force
Governmental
2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2022

Adult women

2022

Families

2022

Unaccompanied minors

2022
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023
At-Risk Populations

Elderly (over 60)

2023

Unaccompanied children

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2020

Type Not Available

Capacity 240

2019

Type Standard capacity

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
700
27 May 2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 3

2017

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2023
Inadequate conditions

Overcrowding

2023

Hygiene

2023

Bedding and clothing

2023

Ventilation

2023

Showers and toilets

2023

State of repair

2023

Separation of different categories of detainees

2022

Bedding and clothing

2022

Medical care

2022

Overcrowding

2022

Hygiene

2022

Food provision

2022

Overcrowding

2021

Overcrowding

2020

Separation of different categories of detainees

2020

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Semi-secure

2018

Secure

2018

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2020

SEGREGATION

Age Segregation

No

2020

CELLS

Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

No

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2017
Activities/Education for Children

No

2021

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Yes

2017
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Promotion of personal health and hygiene
2023
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Unsanitary/inadequate detention conditionsInadequate ventilation
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

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