Vernier, Canton Geneva

Frambois Certified Establishment for Administrative Detention (Etablissement Concordataire de Détention Administrative de Frambois)

Switzerland

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Canton of Geneva, Office cantonal de la population / Service de la Population, Canton Vaud / Service des Migrations, Canton Neuchâtel

Management: Conseil de la Fondation romande de détention LMC (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
20
5

12 June 2020

No Data
Switzerland

3,023

Migration Detainees

2,761

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

The Frambois Certified Establishment for Administrative Detention is an immigration detention centre facility located in Geneva, Switzerland, that is operated by a non-governmental organisation under an agreement of three Swiss cantons: Geneva, Neuchatel, and Vaud. Although it has been lauded by some observers for its non-securitised internal regime, Frambois has been the focus of controversy for its role in facilitating forced deportations and for the lengthy periods of confinement detainees can face there.

FACILITY NAMES
Frambois Certified Establishment for Administrative Detention (Etablissement Concordataire de Détention Administrative de Frambois)
Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Vernier, Canton Geneva, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 46.2161888832, 6.0632514954

Contact Information
Route de Satigny 27
1214 Vernier
Tel. 022 306 15 50
Email: i.bocco@frambois.ch
Fax. 022 341 04 87

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2020
Temporarily closed
2020
In use
2019
In use
2017
In use
2015
In use
2011
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2011
Management
Management
Type
Year
Conseil de la Fondation romande de détention LMC
Governmental
2011
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2004

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2020
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 20

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 20

2020
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
5
12 June 2020
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
13
3 October 2023

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

Yes

2019
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

Yes

2019
Remunerated Work

Yes

2022

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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