Berlin

Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Detention Facility (Schönefeld)

Germany

Status

In use

2024

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Zentrale Ausländerbehörde des Landes Brandenburg (Central Immigration Office of the State of Brandenburg) (Government-local)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
20
28

11 October 2013

No Data
Germany

263,670

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

13

Dedicated Detention Centres

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ABOUT

The BER Airport detention center functions as a secure reception centre (Aufnahmeeinrichtung) comprising several distinct units: an area accommodating asylum seekers undergoing the airport procedure, a facility for individuals held in custody pending departure, and a transit facility for people who have been issued a refusal of entry. The maximum capacity is 20 places.

FACILITY NAMES
Berlin-Brandenburg Airport Detention Facility (Schönefeld)

Alternative Names: BER Airport Detention Center

Location

Country: Germany

City & Region: Berlin, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 52.383193, 13.509906

Contact Information
Flughafen Schönefeld, 12527 Berlin

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
In use
2019
In use
2013
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Transit centre
2019
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Aufnahmeeinrichtung (‘reception centre’)
2024
Management
Management
Type
Year
Zentrale Ausländerbehörde des Landes Brandenburg (Central Immigration Office of the State of Brandenburg)
Government-local
2021
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
City Schutz GmbH
Security
2021
BOSS
Security
2013
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Accompanied minors

2013

Adult men

2013

Adult women

2013
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2019

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 20

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 20

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
28
11 October 2013

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

2016

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2013

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2019

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2024

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