B Block at Safi Barracks

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2019
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, "Fundamental Rights Report 2020," 2020, https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2020-fundamental-rights-report-2020_en.pdf
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, February 2018, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/malta
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.

Operating Period

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, February 2018, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/malta
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, February 2018, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/malta
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.

Personnel

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

Deaths

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).

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Area of authority