Zurich Airport Transit Zone Detention Facility (Flughafengefängnis Abteilung Strafvollzug) in Switzerland

Zurich Airport Transit Zone Detention Facility (Flughafengefängnis Abteilung Strafvollzug)

Status

In use

2020

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Canton Zurich, Migrationsamt des Kantons Zürich

Management: Not Available

Detains: Not Available

Capacity	Reported population	Deaths at facility
No Data	No Data	No Data

FACILITY NAMES

Zurich Airport Transit Zone Detention Facility (Flughafengefängnis Abteilung Strafvollzug)

Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Canton Zurich, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 47.4497993729, 8.5648727417

Contact Information

8058 Zürich-Flughafen
Email: flughafengefaengnis@ji.zh.ch

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Transit centre

2011

Center Status

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2011

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS RATINGS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011