Edirne City Centre

Edirne Removal Centre

Turkey

Status

In use

2021

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of the Interior

Management: Directorate General for Migration Management (Governmental)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Families, Accompanied minors, Removal Centre (Geri Gonderme Merkezi)

Capacity Conditions complaints? Mistreatment complaints?
500
YES

2012

Yes
Turkey

15,908

Estimated detention capacity (2021)

Not Available

Detained asylum seekers (2021)

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FACILITY NAMES
Edirne Removal Centre
Location

Country: Turkey

City & Region: Edirne City Centre, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 41.6817238703, 26.562307477

Contact Information
Saray Akpinar Yolu Üzeri 2. Beyazit Cad. 73/ A Merkez/Edirne (Edirne İl Göç İdaresi)
0090 284 224 10 12

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2014

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2012

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2011

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2009
National typology

Name Removal Centre (Geri Gonderme Merkezi)

2014
Center Status

Status In use

2021

Status Last documented use

2018

Status In use

2017

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2014

Status In use

2012

Status In use

2011

Status In use

2009
Management

Name Directorate General for Migration Management

Type Governmental

2014

Name Tracing and Control Police

Type Governmental

2009
Area of Operations

Area of Authority of Operations Governorate of Edirne, Edirne Provincial Security Directorate.

2011

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2012

Name Adult men

2012

Name Families

2012

Name Accompanied minors

2012

Name Adult women

2011

Name Adult men

2011

Name Families

2011

Name Accompanied minors

2011
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 500

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 750

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 500

2017

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS RATINGS

Inadequate conditions

Access to telephones

2012

Overcrowding

2012

Food provision

2012

Medical care

2012

Outdoor exercise

2012

Ventilation

2011

Showers and toilets

2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014

Secure

2009
Armed External Guards

Yes

2011
Carceral Environment

Partially

2016

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2015

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2009
Legal Segregation

No

2009
Family Segregation

No

2012
Age Segregation

No

2009

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2014
Outdoor Space

Yes

2014

HEALTH CARE

MONITORING & ACCESS

Family Access

Yes

2014
Lawyer Access

Yes

2014

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Limited

2014
Internet Access

No

2014
Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2014