B Block at Safi Barracks
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Status
Center status Show sources
| Status | Observation date |
|---|---|
| In use | 2018 |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | |
| In use | 2017 |
| Aditus, JRC "Country Report Malta. 2017 Update". AIDA Report. | |
| In use | 2015 |
| Aditus and JRS Malta. 2015. “Country report: Malta.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). November 2015. http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/malta | |
| In use | 2014 |
| Country report: Malta, Asylum Information Database (AIDA). May 2014. | |
| In use | 2009 |
| Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009. | |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009. | |
Typology
GDP facility typology Show sources
| Category Filter | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative | Immigration detention centre | 2018 |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | ||
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | ||
| Global Detention Project, "Immigration Detention in Malta: 'Betraying' European Values?", Country Report, June 2019, https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GDP-Immigration-Detention-in-Malta-June-2019.pdf | ||
| Administrative | Immigration detention centre | 2013 |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | ||
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | ||
| Administrative | Immigration detention centre | 2009 |
| Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009. | ||
| Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009. | ||
Contact Information
City and region
| Safi |
OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Management and Services
Management Show sources
| Name | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service | Governmental | 2016 |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | ||
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | ||
| Aditus, JRC "Country Report Malta. 2017 Update". AIDA Report. | ||
| Detention Services | Governmental | 2009 |
| Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009. | ||
Outsourced services and non-state actors Show sources
| Provider | Service | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| James Caterer | Food services | 2013 |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | ||
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | ||
| Jesuit Refugee Service | Social services | 2013 |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | ||
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | ||
| Jesuit Refugee Service | Legal counselling | 2013 |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | ||
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | ||
Security
Security Regime Show sources
| Security Level | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Secure | 2018 |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | |
| Global Detention Project, "Immigration Detention in Malta: 'Betraying' European Values?", Country Report, June 2019, https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GDP-Immigration-Detention-in-Malta-June-2019.pdf | |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | |
| Secure | 2013 |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | |
| Secure | 2009 |
| Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009. | |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009. | |
Armed guards Show sources
| Armed Guards? | Observation date |
|---|---|
| No | 2013 |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | |
Detention timeframe
Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources
| Length | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Long-term (more than 20 days) | 2018 |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | |
| Long-term (more than 20 days) | 2013 |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | |
Demographics
Demographics Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Adult women | 2018 |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | |
| Adult men | 2018 |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | |
| Adult men | 2013 |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | |
| Adult men | 2009 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009. | |
Categories of detainees
Categories of detainees Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Asylum seekers (administrative) | 2018 |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | |
| Undocumented migrants (administrative) | 2018 |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | |
| Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative) | 2018 |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | |
| Undocumented migrants (administrative) | 2013 |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | |
| Asylum seekers (administrative) | 2013 |
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | |
| Asylum seekers (administrative) | 2009 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009. | |
| Undocumented migrants (administrative) | 2009 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2009. "Not Criminals": Médecins sans Frontières Exposes Conditions for Undocumented Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Maltese Detention Centres. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Brussels. April 2009. | |
Segregation
Gender segregation Show sources
| Gender Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Not Available | 2018 |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | |
| Not Applicable | 2013 |
| Malta Country Profile. 2014. | |
Legal segregation Show sources
| Legal Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Not Applicable | 2018 |
| Global Detention Project, "Immigration Detention in Malta: 'Betraying' European Values?", Country Report, June 2019, https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GDP-Immigration-Detention-in-Malta-June-2019.pdf | |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | |
| Not Applicable | 2014 |
| Malta Country Profile. 2014. | |
Size and population
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources
| Type | Capacity | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Standard capacity | 200 | 2018 |
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | ||
| Standard capacity | 200 | 2016 |
| Aditus, JRC "Country Report Malta. 2017 Update". AIDA Report. | ||
| Standard capacity | 134 | 2016 |
| United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). 2016. Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention follow-up mission to MALTA (23 to 25 June 2015). United Nations General Assembly. A/HRC/33/50/Add.1 | ||
| Standard capacity | 160 | 2013 |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | ||
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | ||
Reported population at a specific time Show sources
| Number | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 6 | 2015 |
| United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). 2016. Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention follow-up mission to MALTA (23 to 25 June 2015). United Nations General Assembly. A/HRC/33/50/Add.1 | |
| 124 | 2011 |
| Report to the Maltese Government on the visit to Malta carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 26 to 30 September 2011. CPT/Inf (2013)12. July 2013. | |
| 1080 | 2009 |
| Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009. | |
Conditions
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources
| Adequate or Inadequate? | Detention centre conditions | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Inadequate | Food provision | 2018 |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | ||
| Inadequate | Medical care | 2013 |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | ||
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | ||
Access
Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions Show sources
| Yes or No | Type of institution | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | National non-governmental groups | 2018 |
| JRS Malta, “Our Mission,” 2019, http://www.jrsmalta.org/content.aspx?id=401389#.XO6g_9MzZUR | ||
| Aditus and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), “Country Profile: Malta,”European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and Asylum Information Database (AIDA), March 2019, http://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_mt_2018update.pdf | ||
| Global Detention Project, "Immigration Detention in Malta: 'Betraying' European Values?", Country Report, June 2019, https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GDP-Immigration-Detention-in-Malta-June-2019.pdf | ||
| Yes | National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT | 2018 |
| Monitoring Board for Detained Persons, “Annual Report 2018,” April 2019, https://parlament.mt/media/99913/03192.pdf | ||
| Global Detention Project, "Immigration Detention in Malta: 'Betraying' European Values?", Country Report, June 2019, https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GDP-Immigration-Detention-in-Malta-June-2019.pdf | ||
BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Custodial authority
Custodial authority Show sources
| Agency | Ministry | Ministry Typology | Observation date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces of Malta/ Detention Service | Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security | Defence | 2016 |
| Email correspondance with Michael Flynn (GDP). March-April 2013. | |||
| Detention Facility Documentation: B Block Safi Barracks. Global Detention Project. 20 November 2011. | |||
| United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). 2016. Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention follow-up mission to MALTA (23 to 25 June 2015). United Nations General Assembly. A/HRC/33/50/Add.1 | |||
| Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs | Justice | 2009 | |
| Micallef, Julian (Assistant Director Third Country Nationals, Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, Malta). 2009b. Email message to Cecilia Cannon (Global Detention Project). 20 November 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. 19th November 2009. | |||
| Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs. 2006. The 2006 Report of the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs. http://www.mjha.gov.mt/news/annualreports/5_mjha_2006_final.pdf (accessed 4 September 2007). | |||
