Harku County (15 Km outside of Tallin)

Harku Detention Centre

Estonia

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2018

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior

Management: Police and Border Guard Board (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
80
24

7 February 2018

YES

2015

Estonia

920

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

1,030

Voluntary Returns & Forced Removals

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FACILITY NAMES
Harku Detention Centre
Location

Country: Estonia

City & Region: Harku County (15 Km outside of Tallin), Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 59.389702883, 24.579334259

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2018
In use
2017
In use
2015
In use
2010
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2014
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2010
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Harku väljasaatmiskeskus
2013
Management
Management
Type
Year
Police and Border Guard Board
Governmental
2014
Government administrators
Governmental
2010
Private security contractor
Private For-Profit
2010
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
G4S
Security
2010
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2003

DETAINEES

Demographics

Families

2015

Accompanied minors

2015

Adult men

2015

Adult women

2015
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2010

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2010

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 80

2013

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 42

2010
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 67

2009

Number 60

2008

Number 41

2007

Number 35

2006

Number 31

2005

Number 14

2004

Number 23

2003
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
24
7 February 2018
56
24 November 2015
13
8 May 2007
10
2 March 2007

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Access to internet

2015

Food provision

2013

Recreation

2007

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014

Secure

2010

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2014

Yes

2010
Age Segregation

Yes

2014

Yes

2010
Legal Segregation

Yes

2010
Family Segregation

Yes

2014

Yes

2010

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2016
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2007

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