Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

Status In use

Status In use

Status In use

Status In use

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

Name Removal Centre (Geri Gonderme Merkezi)

Year of Entry 2007

Year Ceased

Name Directorate General for Migration Management

Type Governmental

Name Tracing and Control Police

Type Governmental

Security Level Secure

Security Level Secure

Security Level Secure

Security Level Secure

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

Name Accompanied minors

Name Adult women

Name Adult men

Name Adult women

Name Adult men

Name Accompanied minors

Name Families

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

Name Recognized refugees (administrative)

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Gender Segregation Yes

Gender Segregation Yes

Legal Segregation No

Legal Segregation No

Age Segregation Yes

Age Segregation No

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 300

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 560

Number 384

Number 96

Reported Overpopulation Yes

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Outdoor exercise

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Overcrowding

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Hygiene

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Medical care

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Access to telephones

Yes or No Yes

Type of institution National ombudsman or human rights institution

Yes or No Yes

Type of institution International Organization for Migration

Yes or No Yes

Type of institution UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Reported deaths? Yes

Suicides Reported Yes

Area of Authority of Operations Governorate of Istanbul