Krosno Odrzanskie Guarded centre for Aliens
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Status
Center status Show sources
| Status | Observation date |
|---|---|
| In use | 2018 |
| Dominik Kowalik (Border Guard), Email exchange with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project), September 2018 | |
| In use | 2015 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
| In use | 2013 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2013. Email message to Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project). 28 January 2013. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| Gazeta Lubuska (Lubuska Newspaper). 2008. “Pogranicznicy Przerabiaja swoj areszt” (Pogranicznicy reprocess his arrest). 17 December 2008. http://www.gazetalubuska.pl/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081217/POWIAT06/890449063 (accessed 15 March 2009). | |
| Komenda glowna strazy granicznej (Border Guard Headquarters). 2008. “Powstanie strzezony osrodek dla cudzoziemców w Lubuskim Oddziale SG” (The creation of guarded centre for foreigners in Lubuskim Division SG). 12 December 2008. http://www.strazgraniczna.pl/wps/portal/tresc?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/pl/serwis-sg/wydarzenia/z_zycia_sg/osrodek (accessed 15 March 2009). | |
Typology
GDP facility typology Show sources
| Category Filter | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative | Immigration detention centre | 2017 |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2008. Zarzadzenie nr 55 zmieniajace zarzadzenie w sprawie wyznaczenia pomieszczen, w ktorych jest wykonywany areszt w celu wydalenia (Order No. 55 amending the ordinance on the designation of the premises in which the arrest is carried out in order to expel). 4 July 2008. http://www.infor.pl/dzienniki-urzedowe/ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji,rok,2008,nr,11/poz,52,zarzadzenie-nr-55-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-zmieniajace.html (accessed 15 March 2009) | ||
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | ||
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | ||
National typology Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Strzezony osrodek | 2018 |
| The Law on Foreigners, article 399 | |
Operating Period
Operating period Show sources
| Year of Entry | Year Ceased |
|---|---|
| 2000 | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
| Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Caritas Poland. 2007. “Poland” in Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Illegally Staying Third Country Nationals in the 10 New Member States of the European Union. JRS. December 2007. http://www.detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/10%20nms%20report%20final.pdf (accessed 15 March 2009) | |
Contact Information
City and region
| Krosno Odrzanskie |
Address & contact
| ul. Poprzeczna 1, 66-602 Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland +48 68 358 21 11, +48 68 358 23 49 |
OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Management and Services
Management Show sources
| Name | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Border Guard | Governmental | 2017 |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2008. Zarzadzenie nr 55 zmieniajace zarzadzenie w sprawie wyznaczenia pomieszczen, w ktorych jest wykonywany areszt w celu wydalenia (Order No. 55 amending the ordinance on the designation of the premises in which the arrest is carried out in order to expel). 4 July 2008. http://www.infor.pl/dzienniki-urzedowe/ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji,rok,2008,nr,11/poz,52,zarzadzenie-nr-55-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-zmieniajace.html (accessed 15 March 2009) | ||
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | ||
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | ||
Security
Security Regime Show sources
| Security Level | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Secure | 2017 |
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009) | |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2008. Zarzadzenie nr 55 zmieniajace zarzadzenie w sprawie wyznaczenia pomieszczen, w ktorych jest wykonywany areszt w celu wydalenia (Order No. 55 amending the ordinance on the designation of the premises in which the arrest is carried out in order to expel). 4 July 2008. http://www.infor.pl/dzienniki-urzedowe/ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji,rok,2008,nr,11/poz,52,zarzadzenie-nr-55-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-zmieniajace.html (accessed 15 March 2009) | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
| Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* Niger, A/HRC/32/5, 12 April 2016, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/niger/session_24_-_january_2016/a-hrc-32-5-e.pdf | |
Armed guards Show sources
| Armed Guards? | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2011 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
Detention timeframe
Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources
| Length | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Long-term (more than 20 days) | 2017 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
Estimated average detention period (days) Show sources
| Number of Days | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 53 | 2010 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
Demographics
Demographics Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Adult men | 2017 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | |
| Adult men | 2015 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
| Adult men | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
| Adult women | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
| Unaccompanied minors | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
| Families | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
Categories of detainees
Categories of detainees Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Undocumented migrants (administrative) | 2015 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
| Asylum seekers (administrative) | 2015 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR). 2015. “Country report: Poland.” Asylum Information Database (AIDA). http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland | |
Segregation
Gender segregation Show sources
| Gender Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
Legal segregation Show sources
| Legal Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011g. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odrzańskie." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
Family segregation Show sources
| Family Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011g. "Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odrzańskie." Global Detention Project. 8 July 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
Age segregation Show sources
| Age Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2013 |
| Bialas, Jacek et al. 2012. Migracja to nie uzbrodnia: Report z monitoringu strzezonych osrodkow dla cudzoziemcow. [Migration is not a crime: report on the monitoring of guarded centres for foreigners]. Association for Legal Intervention and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. December 2012. http://interwencjaprawna.pl/18-grudnia-sip-i-hfpc-opublikowaly-raport-z-monitoringu-osrodkow-strzezonych-dla-cudzoziemcow-migracja-to-nie-zbrodnia/ (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
Size and population
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources
| Type | Capacity | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Standard capacity | 56 | 2017 |
| Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, “AIDA Country Report: Poland 2017 Update,” European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), February 2017, http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/poland/ | ||
| Standard capacity | 58 | 2013 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2013. Email message to Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project). 28 January 2013. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. | ||
| Rafalik, Norbert. 2012. Cudzoziemcy ubiegajacy sie o nadanie statusu uchodzcy w Polsce – teoria a rzeczywistosc (praktyka)(stan prawny na dzien 31 grudnia 2011 r.). Centre of Migration Research, Working Paper 55/113. March 2012. http://www.migracje.uw.edu.pl/publ/1808/ (accessed 24 January 2013).. | ||
| European Parliament. 2008. Draft Report from the Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs on the delegation to Poland. European Parliament, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. April 2008. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/200808/20080819ATT35298/20080819ATT35298EN.pdf (accessed 30 March 2009). | ||
Total number of detainees (year) Show sources
| Number | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 676 | 2010 |
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |
Reported population at a specific time Show sources
| Number | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 35 | 2017 |
| National Preventive Mechanism, Raport przedstawicieli Krajowego Mechanizmu Prewencji Tortur z wizytacji Strzeżonego Ośrodka dla Cudzoziemców w Krośnie Odrzańskim, January 2018, https://www.rpo.gov.pl/sites/default/files/Wyci%C4%85g-Strze%C5%BCony%20O%C5%9Brodek%20dla%20Cudzoziemc%C3%B3w%20Krosno%20Odrza%C5%84skie%202017.pdf | |
| 21 | 2014 |
| Jacek Białas, Witold Klaus, Dawid Cegiełka, Adam Chmura, Marta Górczyńska, Ewa Ostaszewska-Żuk, Karolina Rusiłowicz, Katarzyna Słubik, Anna Trylińska, Daniel Witko. 2014. Still behind the bars. Report from the monitoring of the guarded centres for foreigners conducted by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Legal Intervention Association. Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and Association for Legal Intervention. 2014. http://www.hfhr.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/HFPC_SIP_raport_wciaz_za_kratami.pdf | |
| 40 | 2012 |
| Ministry of Interior. 2013. Informacja o stanie realizacji praw osób osadzonych w strzezonych osrodkach dla cudzoziemcow prowadzonych przez straz graniczna. (Information on the respect of the rights of persons held in guarded centres for foreigners managed by the Border Guard). Ministry of Interior. January 2013. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbip.msw.gov.pl%2Fdownload%2F4%2F15845%2F121537_KW_378922_DKSIW_plik2.pdf&ei=3rz-UPqmDcySswbVvYGwAg&usg=AFQjCNE57Ai5LWlOZ8vLwale5WCJP2KiJA&bvm=bv.41248874,d.Yms (accessed 16 January 2013). | |
| Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Caritas Poland. 2007. “Poland” in Civil Society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Illegally Staying Third Country Nationals in the 10 New Member States of the European Union. JRS. December 2007. http://www.detention-in-europe.org/images/stories/10%20nms%20report%20final.pdf (accessed 15 March 2009) | |
Conditions
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources
| Adequate or Inadequate? | Detention centre conditions | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Adequate | Access to telephones | 2017 |
| National Preventive Mechanism, Raport przedstawicieli Krajowego Mechanizmu Prewencji Tortur z wizytacji Strzeżonego Ośrodka dla Cudzoziemców w Krośnie Odrzańskim, January 2018, https://www.rpo.gov.pl/sites/default/files/Wyci%C4%85g-Strze%C5%BCony%20O%C5%9Brodek%20dla%20Cudzoziemc%C3%B3w%20Krosno%20Odrza%C5%84skie%202017.pdf | ||
BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Custodial authority
Custodial authority Show sources
| Agency | Ministry | Ministry Typology | Observation date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Interior | Interior or Home Affairs | 2013 | |
| Minister Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji (Minister of Interior and Administration). 2008. Zarzadzenie nr 55 zmieniajace zarzadzenie w sprawie wyznaczenia pomieszczen, w ktorych jest wykonywany areszt w celu wydalenia (Order No. 55 amending the ordinance on the designation of the premises in which the arrest is carried out in order to expel). 4 July 2008. http://www.infor.pl/dzienniki-urzedowe/ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji,rok,2008,nr,11/poz,52,zarzadzenie-nr-55-ministra-spraw-wewnetrznych-i-administracji-zmieniajace.html (accessed 15 March 2009). | |||
| Fagasinski, Maciej (Legal Assistance to Refugees and Migrants, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights). 2011. Poland: Detention Facility Documentation: Guarded Center in Krosno Odzanskie. July 2011. | |||
