Lisbon

Lisbon airport pre-removal facility (EECIT)

Portugal

Status

In use

2024

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)

Management: SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras) (Governmental)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Families, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
24
63

31 December 2023

YES

2023

Portugal

533

Migration Detainee Entries

1,615

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Lisbon airport pre-removal facility (EECIT)
Location

Country: Portugal

City & Region: Lisbon, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 38.772850, -9.136311

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2023
Last documented use
2017
In use
2014
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Transit centre
2017
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Espaço Equiparado a Centro de Instalação Temporária (Detention facilities qualified as Temporary Installation Centres, EECIT)
2024
Temporary Accommodation Centre (Centro de instalação temporária ou espaço equiparado é autorizado)
2017
Management
Management
Type
Year
SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)
Governmental
2017
ANA (Areoportos de Portugal)
Private For-Profit
2017
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)
Ministry of Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2017
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Doctors of the World (Médicos do Mundo, MdM)
Health care
2024
[Unknown private security company]
Security
2023
[Unnamed catering company]
Food services
2023
[Unknown private security company]
Security
2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2024

Adult men

2024

Families

2024

Families

2023

Accompanied minors

2023

Accompanied minors

2017

Families

2017

Adult women

2017

Adult men

2017
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2017

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2023

Victims of torture

2023

Accompanied children

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 24

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 24

2023
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 2194

2016

Number 1881

2015

Number 2438

2009
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 400

2024

Number 76

2023
Alternative Migration Detainee Entries

Number 13

2023
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
63
31 December 2023
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2023

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 1

2015

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

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

2024

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2017
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2023
2023
2017
2017
2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2017
Armed External Guards

Yes

2017

STAFF

Specially Trained

No

2017

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2017
Age Segregation

No

2017
Legal Segregation

Yes

2017
Family Segregation

No

2017

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

Yes

2024

Yes

2023
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

No

2023

HEALTH

Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Psychological care
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2024
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2017
Consular Access

Yes

2017

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2023
Internet Access

Yes (unrestricted)

2024

Yes (unrestricted)

2023
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Yes (unrestricted)

2024

Yes (unrestricted)

2023