Lyon, Auvergne Rhones-Alpes

Lyon-Saint-Exupéry 2

France

Status

In use

2025

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Polices aux Frontières

Management: Polices aux frontières (Governmental)

Detains: Accompanied minors, Adult men, Adult women, Families

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
140
No Data
No Data
France

46,955

Migration Detainee Entries

118,975

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Lyon-Saint-Exupéry 2
Location

Country: France

City & Region: Lyon, Auvergne Rhones-Alpes, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 45.72986976566467, 5.073856381259162

Contact Information
Centre de rétention administrative 2
240 rue Chypre, Lyon St Exupéry Aéroport BP 106
69125 Lyon Saint-Exupéry
+33487768240

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2022
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2022
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Centre de rétention administrative (CRA)
2022
Management
Management
Type
Year
Polices aux frontières
Governmental
2022
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Polices aux Frontières
Ministère de l'intérieur
Interior or Home Affairs
2022
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
GEPSA
Food services
2024
GEPSA
Laundry services
2024
Challencin
Detainee transport
2023
GEPSA
Food services
2023
GEPSA
Facility maintenance
2023
GEPSA
Laundry services
2023
GEPSA
Food services
2022
Hospices civils de Lyon
Health care
2022
GEPSA
Laundry services
2022
Sécuritim
Security
2022
Challencin
Detainee transport
2022
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2022

DETAINEES

Demographics

Accompanied minors

2022

Adult men

2022

Adult women

2022

Families

2022
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Algeria

Country #2 Tunisia

Country #3 Morocco

Country #4 Albania

Country #5 Afghanistan

2024

Country #1 Algeria

Country #2 Tunisia

Country #3 Albania

Country #4 Afghanistan

Country #5 Morocco

2023

Country #1 Algeria

Country #2 Albania

Country #3 Tunisia

Country #4 Morocco

Country #5 Afghanistan

2022

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 140

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 140

2022
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 1181

2022
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 1105

2024

Number 1337

2023
Number of children (under 18) detained (year)

3

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)

2022
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 36

2024

Number of Days 30

2023

Number of Days 24

2022
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
90
2022

OUTCOMES

Percentage of Detainees Released (year)

Percentage 46.2%

2024

Percentage 45.9%

2023

Percentage 33%

2022
Percentage of Detainees Deported (year)

Percentage 53%

2024

Percentage 52%

2023

Percentage 62%

2022

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Carceral Environment

Yes

2022
External Security Regime

High security

2022

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2022
Family Segregation

Yes

2022

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

2

2022

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2023

Yes

2022
Outdoor Space

Yes

2023

Yes

2022
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2023

Yes

2022
Activities/Education for Children

Yes

2023

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2023

At least once a week

2022
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2023

At least once a week

2022

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023

Yes

2022
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2022
Family Access

Yes

2023

Yes

2022

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2022
Receiving Calls

Yes

2022