Geneva Airport, Canton Geneva

Geneva Airport Transit Zone Detention Facility

Switzerland

Status

In use

2024

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: ORS (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
30
No Data
No Data
Switzerland

3,023

Migration Detainees

2,452

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Geneva Airport Transit Zone Detention Facility
Location

Country: Switzerland

City & Region: Geneva Airport, Canton Geneva, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 46.2312717746, 6.1037635803

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2022
In use
2019
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Transit centre
2022
Administrative
Transit centre
2011
Management
Management
Type
Year
ORS
Private For-Profit
2022
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
ORS
Management
2022

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2022

Adult women

2022
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 30

2021

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2011
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
60
2021

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Non-Carceral Child-Friendly Space

Yes

2024

Yes

2022
External Security Regime

Secure

2011

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2022

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2024

Yes

2022
Outdoor Space

Yes

2024

Yes

2022
Activities/Education for Children

No

2024
Remunerated Work

No

2024

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Yes

2024

Yes

2022
Doctor on Duty

No Doctor on Duty

2024

No Doctor on Duty

2022
Nurse on Duty

No Nurse on Duty

2024

No Nurse on Duty

2022

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2024

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