Kos, Aegean

Kos Reception and Identification Centre

Greece

Status

In use

2023

Type: Secure reception centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Ministry of Migration & Asylum of Greece (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
440
483

30 December 2020

Yes

25 October 2021

Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Kos Reception and Identification Centre
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Kos, Aegean, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 36.86991, 27.1890

Contact Information
85300, Pyli, Kos, Greece

+30 213 138 3100

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
Temporarily closed
2021
In use
2021
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
Ministry of Migration & Asylum of Greece
Governmental
2023
Reception and Identification Service
Governmental
2016
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2016

DETAINEES

Demographics

Families

2023

Adult men

2018

Adult women

2018

Accompanied minors

2018
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Syria

2023
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 440

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 440

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 816

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
483
30 December 2020
2029
9 June 2020
1400
10 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)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

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

2018
Inadequate conditions

Medical care

2023

Food provision

2023

Medical care

2018

Access to clean drinking water

2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Non-secure

2016

Secure

2016
Armed External Guards

No

2018

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

No

2018
Age Segregation

No

2018
Legal Segregation

Not Applicable

2018
Family Segregation

Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate food or water provision
2023
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
25 October 2021
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
No

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
2018

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2023

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: "There was medical support, but since we got the rejection my wife cannot get medicine, cannot go to the hospital, the same for my kids and me. [...] [For the psychological support] it took us months to make an appointment and when we got an appointment he gave us 10 minutes.”

(See: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc)