FACILITY NAMES
Alternative Names: China House
Location
Country: Malta
City & Region: Ħal Far, Europe
Latitude, Longitude: 35.82203456123442, 14.501308409568482
MANAGEMENT & BUDGET
DETAINEES
SIZE & POPULATION
Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)
LENGTH OF DETENTION
OUTCOMES
CONDITIONS
SEGREGATION
MONITORING & ACCESS
NEWS & TESTIMONY
2020
“The Ħal Far Initial Reception Centre (HIRC), commonly referred to as ‘China House’, reopened in March 2020 in order to cope with the large number of migrant arrivals and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is located in Ħal Far and used mainly to detain newly-arrived asylum-seekers until they are medically cleared by the Health Authorities. In 2023, applicants were kept at China House despite having been medically cleared.”