Leros, Aegean

Leros Reception and Identification Centre

Greece

Status

In use

2025

Type: Secure reception centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Migration Policy

Management: Reception and Identification Service (Governmental)

Detains: Accompanied minors, Adult women, Adult men

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
2152
667

30 December 2020

YES

2018

Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

29,233

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

The Leros immigration detention center is a "Closed Controlled Access Centre of Islands (CCAC)" which opened in 2016 and has a capacity of 2152 beds.

FACILITY NAMES
Leros Reception and Identification Centre

Alternative Names: Closed Controlled Access Centres of Islands (CCAC)

Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Leros, Aegean, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 37.148951, 26.8428

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2025
In use
2020
In use
2017
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Secure reception centre
2016
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Reception and Identification Centre
2016
Management
Management
Type
Year
Reception and Identification Service
Governmental
2016
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2016

DETAINEES

Demographics

Accompanied minors

2018

Adult women

2018

Adult men

2018

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 2152

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 860

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
667
30 December 2020
1586
9 June 2020
595
13 September 2018
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2020

No

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Score Minimum Standards (“Good,” “Acceptable,” or “Meets Standards”)

2018
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2018
2018
2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Non-secure

2016

Security Level Secure

2016
Armed External Guards

Armed Guards? No

2018

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints No

2018

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation No

2018
Age Segregation

Age Segregation No

2018
Legal Segregation

Legal Segregation Not Applicable

2018
Family Segregation

Family Segregation Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
No

MONITORING & ACCESS

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