Humenné Asylum Seeker Reception Centre

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)	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.
In use	2009
Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Asylum and Migration – Contacts. http://www.minv.sk/?kontakty_migracny_urad (accessed 17 June 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.
Slovak Republic Migration Office. 2008. Annual Budget Report 2007 (Výročná správa rozpočtovej organizácie, za rok 2007). Ministry of Interior. Č.p: MU-261/2008. April 2008. http://www.minv.sk/?azyl-migracia (accessed July 2, 2009).

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Secure reception centre	2016
Ivana Bachtíková, Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in the Slovak Republic, Study of the National Contact Point of the European Migration Network in the Slovak Republic, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-wedo/ networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/emn-studies- 24a_slovakia_information_on_voluntary_return_english.pdf.
Barbora Messova (Human Rights League), Email correspondence with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), August 2016
Administrative	Secure reception centre	2009
Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Asylum and Migration – Contacts. http://www.minv.sk/?kontakty_migracny_urad (accessed 17 June 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.
Slovak Republic Migration Office. 2008. Annual Budget Report 2007 (Výročná správa rozpočtovej organizácie, za rok 2007). Ministry of Interior. Č.p: MU-261/2008. April 2008. http://www.minv.sk/?azyl-migracia (accessed July 2, 2009).

Operating Period

Operating period Show sources

Year of Entry	Year Ceased
2006
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).

Contact Information

City and region

Humenné, Presov Region

Address & contact

Humenné Reception Centre Mierova 100 066 01 Humenné Slovak Republic Tel.: 057/7866 716 Fax: 057/7866 744

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Office of Migration	Governmental	2016
Ivana Bachtíková, Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies in the Slovak Republic, Study of the National Contact Point of the European Migration Network in the Slovak Republic, 2014, http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-wedo/ networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/emn-studies- 24a_slovakia_information_on_voluntary_return_english.pdf.
Office of Migration	Governmental	2009
Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Asylum and Migration – Contacts. http://www.minv.sk/?kontakty_migracny_urad (accessed 17 June 2009).
European Parliament, "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, December 2007.

Outsourced services and non-state actors Show sources

Provider	Service	Observation date
Unnamed private security agency	Security	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
Barbora Messova (Human Rights League), Email correspondence with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), August 2016
Non-secure	2016
Barbora Messova (Human Rights League), Email correspondence with Izabella Majcher (Global Detention Project), August 2016
Non-secure	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.
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).
Secure	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.
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).

Detention timeframe

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult women	2009
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	2009
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).

Categories of detainees

Categories of detainees Show sources

Name	Observation date
Asylum seekers (administrative)	2009
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).
European Parliament, "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, December 2007.
Slovak Humanitarian Council (SHC). 2007. Reception Conditions and the Impact of the EU Directive in Slovak Republic. Slovak Humanitarian Council. May 2007. http://pomocprawna.home.pl/dosciagniecia/ICF/9Slovakia.pdf (accessed June 8, 2009).

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2009
Slovak Humanitarian Council (SHC). 2007. Reception Conditions and the Impact of the EU Directive in Slovak Republic. Slovak Humanitarian Council. May 2007. http://pomocprawna.home.pl/dosciagniecia/ICF/9Slovakia.pdf (accessed June 8, 2009).

Legal segregation Show sources

Legal Segregation	Observation date

Slovak Humanitarian Council (SHC). 2007. Reception Conditions and the Impact of the EU Directive in Slovak Republic. Slovak Humanitarian Council. May 2007. http://pomocprawna.home.pl/dosciagniecia/ICF/9Slovakia.pdf (accessed June 8, 2009).

Family segregation Show sources

Family Segregation	Observation date

Slovak Humanitarian Council (SHC). 2007. Reception Conditions and the Impact of the EU Directive in Slovak Republic. Slovak Humanitarian Council. May 2007. http://pomocprawna.home.pl/dosciagniecia/ICF/9Slovakia.pdf (accessed June 8, 2009).

Age segregation Show sources

Age Segregation	Observation date

Slovak Humanitarian Council (SHC). 2007. Reception Conditions and the Impact of the EU Directive in Slovak Republic. Slovak Humanitarian Council. May 2007. http://pomocprawna.home.pl/dosciagniecia/ICF/9Slovakia.pdf (accessed June 8, 2009).

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	600	2009
European Parliament, "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, December 2007.

Conditions

Personnel

Access

Deaths

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Border and Migrant Police	Ministry of Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2009
Slovak Republic Ministry of Interior. Web site. Asylum and Migration – Contacts. http://www.minv.sk/?kontakty_migracny_urad (accessed 17 June 2009).
European Parliament, "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, December 2007.

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority