Kumkapi district, Istanbul

Kumpaki Removal Centre

Turkey

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2018

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior

Management: Directorate General for Migration Management (Governmental)

Detains: Accompanied minors, Adult women, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Recognized refugees (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
300
384

3 May 2014

Yes

2 January 2007

Turkey

17,569

Average Daily Migrant Detainee Population

122,302

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Kumpaki Removal Centre
Location

Country: Turkey

City & Region: Kumkapi district, Istanbul, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 41.0052180332, 28.9635121822

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2018
In use
2015
In use
2014
In use
2012
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2014
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2013
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2009
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Removal Centre (Geri Gonderme Merkezi)
2014
Management
Management
Type
Year
Directorate General for Migration Management
Governmental
2014
Tracing and Control Police
Governmental
2009
Area of Operations
Regional Jurisdiction
Year
Governorate of Istanbul
2011
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2007

DETAINEES

Demographics

Accompanied minors

2012

Adult women

2012

Adult men

2012

Accompanied minors

2011

Adult women

2011

Adult men

2011

Families

2011
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2012

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

Recognized refugees (administrative)

2011

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2011

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2011

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 300

2014

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 560

2009
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
384
3 May 2014
96
2 June 2009
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2014

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Outdoor exercise

2014

Overcrowding

2014

Hygiene

2014

Medical care

2014

Access to telephones

2014

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014

Secure

2012

Secure

2011

Secure

2009

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2011

Yes

2009
Age Segregation

Yes

2011

No

2009
Legal Segregation

No

2011

No

2009

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
N.A.
2 January 2007
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
2 January 2007

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2014
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2012
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2012

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