Lyon airport, Saint Exupéry, Rhône

Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Centre de Rétention Administrative (n°1)

France

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Police aux frontières, Police aux frontières

Management: Police aux Frontières (PAF) et Gendarmerie (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative), Families, Adult women, Adult men, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Conditions complaints? Mistreatment complaints?
104
YES

2024

Yes
France

40,592

Migration Detainee Entries

118,975

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Centre de Rétention Administrative (n°1)
Location

Country: France

City & Region: Lyon airport, Saint Exupéry, Rhône, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 45.721552, 5.0802426

Contact Information
Poste de police aux frontières, aérogare Saint-Exupéry
B.P. 106
69125 Lyon-Saint-Exupéry CEDEX
Tel: 00 33 4 72 22 70 49

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
In use
2018
In use
2016
In use
2008
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2017
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2016
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Centre de rétention administrative (CRA)
2017
Centre de rétention administrative (CRA)
2016
Management
Management
Type
Year
Police aux Frontières (PAF) et Gendarmerie
Governmental
2024
Police aux frontières
Governmental
2017
Police aux frontières
Governmental
2016
Police nationale / Police des Airs et Frontières PAF
Governmental
2008
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Police aux frontières
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Interior or Home Affairs
2017
Police aux frontières
Ministère de l'Intérieur
Interior or Home Affairs
2016
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
GEPSA
Laundry services
2024
GEPSA
Food services
2024
Challencin
Detainee transport
2024
Sécuritim
Security
2024
GEPSA
Food services
2023
GEPSA
Laundry services
2023
Challencin
Detainee transport
2023
GEPSA
Facility maintenance
2017
GEPSA
Food services
2017
GEPSA
Food services
2016
GEPSA
Facility maintenance
2016
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2023
1995
2022

DETAINEES

Demographics

Families

2025

Families

2025

Adult women

2025

Adult men

2025

Accompanied minors

2021

Families

2021

Adult women

2021

Adult men

2021

Accompanied minors

2017

Families

2017

Adult men

2017

Adult women

2017

LGBTI persons

2017

Adult men

2016

Adult women

2016

Accompanied minors

2016

Families

2016

Adult women

2007

Adult men

2007

Families

2007

Accompanied minors

2007
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2017

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017

Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2013

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2008

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2008
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Algeria

Country #2 Tunisia

Country #3 Morocco

Country #4 Albania

Country #5 Romania

2024

Country #1 Algeria

Country #2 Tunisia

Country #3 Morocco

Country #4 Georgia

Country #5 Albania

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 104

2025

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 140

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 104

2017

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 108

2016

Capacity 112

2015

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 112

2014

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 122

2007
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 1254

2021

Number 1150

2020

Number 1450

2019

Number 1498

2018

Number 1395

2017

Number 1205

2016

Number 1650

2015

Number 1900

2014

Number 1836

2013

Number 2761

2007
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 706

2024

Number 801

2023

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2024

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 41

2024

Number of Days 39

2023

Number of Days 16

2020

Number of Days 16

2017

Number of Days 15

2016

Number of Days 15

2016

Number of Days 13.2

2014

Number of Days 13.7

2013

Number of Days 12.25

2008

OUTCOMES

Percentage of Detainees Released (year)

Percentage 49%

2024

Percentage 58.3%

2023
Percentage of Detainees Deported (year)

Percentage 48%

2024

Percentage 37%

2023

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2024
2024
Reports of riots or other unrest

Reported riots or other unrest? Yes

2024

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2017

Security Level Secure

2016

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

2017

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2021

Gender Segregation Yes

2017

Gender Segregation Yes

2016

Gender Segregation Yes

2008
Age Segregation

Age Segregation Yes

2021
Legal Segregation

Legal Segregation Not Applicable

2017
Family Segregation

Family Segregation Yes

2021

Family Segregation Yes

2017

Family Segregation Yes

2016

Family Segregation Yes

2008

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Indoor Communal Space Yes

2023
Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space Yes

2023
Leisure Equipment

Leisure Equipment Yes

2024

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2023
Nurse on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2023
Psychologist Visits

Frequency At least once a week

2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Lawyer Access Yes

2023
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2025
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2017
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2016
Yes
Judicial authorities
2014
Family Access

Family Access Yes

2023

Family Access Yes

2017

Family Access Yes

2016

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