Metsälä, Helsinki

Metsälä detention centre

Finland

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior

Management: Finnish Immigration Service (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
40
20

18 September 2020

No Data
Finland

1,100

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

93,182

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
Metsälä detention centre
Location

Country: Finland

City & Region: Metsälä, Helsinki, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 60.2193776, 24.9353458

Contact Information
Niittylänpolku 10, 00620 Helsinki
Tel. 050 5120 675
E-mail address hes@migri.fi

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2020
Last documented use
2018
In use
2013
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2009
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Detention Unit
2018
Management
Management
Type
Year
Finnish Immigration Service
Governmental
2018
Helsinki Municipal Department for Social Affairs
Governmental
2009
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Un-named for profit company
Security
2014
Palmia
Food services
2009
Palmia
Facility maintenance
2009
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Amount (USD)
Services
Year
729,000
Building and maintenance Food
2013
100,700
Medical
2013
1,689,200
Staffing
2013
3,048,400
2013
Cost Per Detainee/Day
Amount (USD)
Year
207
2013
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2005

DETAINEES

Demographics

Families

2016

Accompanied minors

2016

Accompanied minors

2009

Adult men

2009

Adult women

2009
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2009

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 40

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 20

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 40

2017
Facility Occupancy Rate (year)

Percentage 58%%

2020
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 37

2008

Number 37

2007

Number 33

2006

Number 30

2005
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 333

2014

Number 160

2009

Number 541

2008

Number 488

2007

Number 550

2006

Number 640

2005
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
20
18 September 2020
14
14 August 2020
28
19 November 2014
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

No

2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 10

2020

Number of Days 23

2014

Number of Days 29

2009
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
360
2020

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014

STAFF

Culturally/Ethnically Diverse

Yes

2020
Specially Trained

Yes

2020

Yes

2014
Mistreatment Reports

No

27. It is to be stressed that the delegation heard no allegations of ill-treatment of foreign nationals by staff at Metsälä Detention Unit for Foreign Nationals (the only immigration detention facility visited during the 2020 periodic visit).....

8

September

2020

2020

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2014
Age Segregation

Yes

2014

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2020

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

No

2020
Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

No

2020
Doctor on Duty

No Doctor on Duty

2020
Nurse on Duty

Daily

2020
Psychologist Visits

No regular visits

2020
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Health screeningsDoctorsPsychological care
2020

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2020
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2020
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2014
Family Access

Yes

2020

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2020
Free Outgoing Local Calls

Yes

2020
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Yes (unrestricted)

2020