Sečovce Detention Centre (Police Detention Centre for Aliens)
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Status
Center status Show sources
| Status | Observation date |
|---|---|
| In use | 2019 |
| Government of the Slovak Republic. 2014. "The Government of the Slovak Republic has requested the publication of this response. The report of the CPT on its September/October 2013 visit to the Slovak Republic is set out in document CPT/Inf (2014) 29." Council of Europe. 25 November 2014. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svk/2014-30-inf-eng.pdf | |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| Ministry of Interior, Útvary policajného zaistenia pre cudzincov, Website, http://www.minv.sk/?upzc, accessed 6 April 2016. | |
| Interior Ministry, Police detention centres for Foreigners, Website, https://www.minv.sk/?police-detention-centres-for-foreigners, accessed 20 January 2019 | |
| In use | 2009 |
| Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Custody Services for Foreigners - Contacts. http://www.minv.sk/?upzc (accessed 8 July 2009). | |
| Šnírerová, Miroslava (The Human Rights League). 2009. Interview by Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). Phone conversation. 22 June 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| Committee Against Torture (CAT). 2009. Second Periodic Report: Slovakia. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CAT/C/SVK/2. 22 January 2009. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/AdvanceVersions/CAT-C-SVK2.pdf (accessed 22 June 2009). | |
Typology
GDP facility typology Show sources
| Category Filter | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative | Immigration detention centre | 2016 |
| Ministry of Interior, Útvary policajného zaistenia pre cudzincov, Website, http://www.minv.sk/?upzc, accessed 6 April 2016. | ||
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | ||
| Administrative | Immigration detention centre | 2009 |
| Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Custody Services for Foreigners - Contacts. http://www.minv.sk/?upzc (accessed 8 July 2009). | ||
| Šnírerová, Miroslava (The Human Rights League). 2009. Interview by Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). Phone conversation. 22 June 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. | ||
| Committee Against Torture (CAT). 2009. Second Periodic Report: Slovakia. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CAT/C/SVK/2. 22 January 2009. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/AdvanceVersions/CAT-C-SVK2.pdf (accessed 22 June 2009). | ||
National typology Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Útvar policajného zaistenia pre cudzincov | 2019 |
| Interior Ministry, Útvary policajného zaistenia pre cudzincov, http://www.minv.sk/?upzc | |
| Police detention facilities for aliens | 2014 |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | |
Operating Period
Operating period Show sources
| Year of Entry | Year Ceased |
|---|---|
| 2000 | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
Contact Information
City and region
| Sečovce, Košice Region |
Address & contact
| Sečovce Detention Centre Bitunkova 14 078 01 Sečovce Slovak Republic Tel.: +421 96171 3915 Fax: +421 56 678662 |
OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Management and Services
Management Show sources
| Name | Type | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Border and Aliens Police (BBAP PFP) | Governmental | 2019 |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | ||
| Interior Ministry, Police detention centres for Foreigners, Website, https://www.minv.sk/?police-detention-centres-for-foreigners, accessed 20 January 2019 | ||
| Border Police | Governmental | 2009 |
| Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior (Ministerstvo vnútra, Slovenskej republiky). Web site. Custody Services for Foreigners – Contacts (Útvary policajného zaistenia pre cudzincov – Kontakty). www.minv.sk/?upzc (accessed 8 July 2009). | ||
| Bureau of Border and Aliens Police (BBAP). 2008. Yearbook: 2007. Ministry of Interior. http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/rocenky/rok_2007/2007-rocenka-uhcp-en.pdf (accessed 29 June 2009). | ||
| European Parliament. 2007. The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states. European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Policy Department C, Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Contract Ref: IP/C/LIBE/IC/2006-181. December 2007. | ||
Outsourced services and non-state actors Show sources
| Provider | Service | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Slovak Humanitarian Council | Education or training | 2016 |
| Barbora Messova (Human Rights League), Email correspondence with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), August 2016 | ||
| Slovak Humanitarian Council | Health care | 2016 |
| Barbora Messova (Human Rights League), Email correspondence with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), August 2016 | ||
| Slovak Humanitarian Council | Social services | 2016 |
| Barbora Messova (Human Rights League), Email correspondence with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), August 2016 | ||
Security
Security Regime Show sources
| Security Level | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Secure | 2016 |
| Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Custody Services for Foreigners - Contacts. http://www.minv.sk/?upzc (accessed 8 July 2009). | |
| Šnírerová, Miroslava (The Human Rights League). 2009. Interview by Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). Phone conversation. 22 June 2009. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland. | |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | |
| Human Rights League (HRL) and Forum for Human Rights (FORUM), NGO information to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Islamophobia, immigration detention including single women, vulnerable persons and families with minor children and the situation of unaccompanied minors in Slovakia, September 2016, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCCPR%2fCSS%2fSVK%2f25229&Lang=en | |
Detention timeframe
Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources
| Length | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Long-term (more than 20 days) | 2019 |
| 2011 Act on Residence of Aliens (No. 404/2011 Coll of 21 October 2011), www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/pravne_predpisy/Consolidated%20version_No404-2011_1_1_2014.docx, article 88(4). | |
Demographics
Demographics Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Adult women | 2015 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
| Guličová, Mária Grethe and Zuzana Bargerová. Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in the Slovak Republic. International Organization for Migration Bratislava. December 2008. http://emn.sarenet.es/Downloads/download.do;jsessionid=1623A2E22F0D9111443EAE63036B8DEA?fileID=728 (accessed July 9, 2009). | |
| Adult men | 2015 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
| Guličová, Mária Grethe and Zuzana Bargerová. Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in the Slovak Republic. International Organization for Migration Bratislava. December 2008. http://emn.sarenet.es/Downloads/download.do;jsessionid=1623A2E22F0D9111443EAE63036B8DEA?fileID=728 (accessed July 9, 2009). | |
| Accompanied minors | 2015 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
| Guličová, Mária Grethe and Zuzana Bargerová. Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in the Slovak Republic. International Organization for Migration Bratislava. December 2008. http://emn.sarenet.es/Downloads/download.do;jsessionid=1623A2E22F0D9111443EAE63036B8DEA?fileID=728 (accessed July 9, 2009). | |
| Accompanied minors | 2014 |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | |
| Families | 2014 |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | |
| Adult women | 2014 |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | |
| Adult men | 2014 |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | |
Categories of detainees
Categories of detainees Show sources
| Name | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Undocumented migrants (administrative) | 2015 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
| European Parliament. 2007. The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states. European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Policy Department C, Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Contract Ref: IP/C/LIBE/IC/2006-181. December 2007. | |
| Asylum seekers (administrative) | 2015 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
| European Parliament. 2007. The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states. European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Policy Department C, Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Contract Ref: IP/C/LIBE/IC/2006-181. December 2007. | |
Segregation
Gender segregation Show sources
| Gender Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2014 |
| Bureau of Border and Aliens Police (BBAP). 2008. Yearbook: 2007. Ministry of Interior. http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/rocenky/rok_2007/2007-rocenka-uhcp-en.pdf (accessed 29 June 2009). | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | |
Family segregation Show sources
| Family Segregation | Observation date |
|---|---|
| Yes | 2015 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | |
| Bureau of Border and Aliens Police (BBAP). 2008. Yearbook: 2007. Ministry of Interior. http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/rocenky/rok_2007/2007-rocenka-uhcp-en.pdf (accessed 29 June 2009). | |
Size and population
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources
| Type | Capacity | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Standard capacity | 176 | 2016 |
| EMN National Contact Point for the Slovak Republic, The Use of Detention and Alternatives to Detention in the Context of Immigration Policies: EMN Focussed Study 2014, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies/results/index_en.htm. | ||
| Human Rights League (HRL) and Forum for Human Rights (FORUM), NGO information to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Islamophobia, immigration detention including single women, vulnerable persons and families with minor children and the situation of unaccompanied minors in Slovakia, September 2016, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCCPR%2fCSS%2fSVK%2f25229&Lang=en | ||
| Standard capacity | 200 | 2009 |
| Committee Against Torture (CAT). 2009. Second Periodic Report: Slovakia. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CAT/C/SVK/2. 22 January 2009. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/AdvanceVersions/CAT-C-SVK2.pdf (accessed 22 June 2009). | ||
| Bureau of Border and Aliens Police (BBAP). 2008. Yearbook: 2007. Ministry of Interior. http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/rocenky/rok_2007/2007-rocenka-uhcp-en.pdf (accessed 29 June 2009). | ||
| Caritas Slovakia, "Slovakia," in Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe, Jesuit Refugee Services-Europe, December 2007, http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed April 2008). | ||
Total number of detainees (year) Show sources
| Number | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 138 | 2017 |
| Presidium of the Police Force: Bureau of Border and Alien Police, Statistical Overview of Legal and illegal Migration in the Slovak Republic: 2017, 2018, https://www.minv.sk/?year-2017 | |
| 225 | 2016 |
| Presidium of the Police Force: Bureau of Border and Alien Police, Statistical Overview of Legal and illegal Migration in the Slovak Republic: 2016, 2017, https://www.minv.sk/?year-2016 | |
| 515 | 2015 |
| Presidium of the Police Force: Bureau of Border and Alien Police, Statistical Overview of Legal and illegal Migration in the Slovak Republic: 2015, 2016, https://www.minv.sk/?year-2016 | |
| 76 | 2012 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| 71 | 2011 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| 144 | 2010 |
| Minister of the Interior (Slovak Republic). 2015. Response to Global Detention Project - Access Info Questionnaire. 14 May 2015. | |
| 356 | 2007 |
| Bureau of Border and Aliens Police (BBAP). 2008. Yearbook: 2007. Ministry of Interior. http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/rocenky/rok_2007/2007-rocenka-uhcp-en.pdf (accessed 29 June 2009). | |
Reported population at a specific time Show sources
| Number | Observation date |
|---|---|
| 39 | 2009 |
| European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of the Slovak Republic on the visit to the Slovak Republic carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 24 March to 2 April 2009, CPT/Inf (2010) 1, February 2010, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svk/2010-01-inf-eng.pdf | |
Conditions
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions Show sources
| Adequate or Inadequate? | Detention centre conditions | Observation date |
|---|---|---|
| Adequate | State of repair | 2009 |
| European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of the Slovak Republic on the visit to the Slovak Republic carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 24 March to 2 April 2009, CPT/Inf (2010) 1, February 2010, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svk/2010-01-inf-eng.pdf | ||
| Adequate | Freedom of movement within facility | 2009 |
| European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of the Slovak Republic on the visit to the Slovak Republic carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 24 March to 2 April 2009, CPT/Inf (2010) 1, February 2010, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svk/2010-01-inf-eng.pdf | ||
| Inadequate | Recreation | 2009 |
| European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of the Slovak Republic on the visit to the Slovak Republic carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 24 March to 2 April 2009, CPT/Inf (2010) 1, February 2010, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svk/2010-01-inf-eng.pdf | ||
| Adequate | Medical care | 2009 |
| European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Report to the Government of the Slovak Republic on the visit to the Slovak Republic carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 24 March to 2 April 2009, CPT/Inf (2010) 1, February 2010, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/svk/2010-01-inf-eng.pdf | ||
BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all
Custodial authority
Custodial authority Show sources
| Agency | Ministry | Ministry Typology | Observation date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border and Foreign Police of the Presidium of the Police Force | Ministry of Interior | Interior or Home Affairs | 2019 |
| Bureau of Border and Aliens Police (BBAP). 2008. Yearbook: 2007. Ministry of Interior. http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/rocenky/rok_2007/2007-rocenka-uhcp-en.pdf (accessed 29 June 2009). | |||
| European Parliament. 2007. The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states. European Parliament, Directorate-General Internal Policies, Policy Department C, Citizens Rights and Constitutional Affairs. Contract Ref: IP/C/LIBE/IC/2006-181. December 2007. | |||
| Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Custody Services for Foreigners – Contacts. www.minv.sk/?upzc (accessed 8 July 2009). | |||
| Interior Ministry, Police detention centres for Foreigners, Website, https://www.minv.sk/?police-detention-centres-for-foreigners, accessed 20 January 2019 | |||
