Aswan Governorate

17th Battalion Border Guard Base

Egypt

Status

In use

2024

Type: Border guard (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Border Guard (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative)

Conditions complaints? Capacity Reported population
YES

2024

No Data
No Data
Egypt

248,057

Refugees

84,154

Asylum Applications

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"Managed by border guard forces, this facility was described as overcrowded by refugees. The satellite image shows vehicles of the kind that refugees said are used by smugglers." (New Humanitarian, 25 April 2024)

FACILITY NAMES
17th Battalion Border Guard Base
Location

Country: Egypt

City & Region: Aswan Governorate, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 22.63559509650647, 33.26012377787131

Contact Information
17th Battalion border guard base
J7P6+63M، الظهير الصحراوى أبو سمبل،, Aswan Governorate 1233201, Egypt

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Border guard
2024
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Border Guard Base
2024
Management
Management
Type
Year
Border Guard
Governmental
2024

DETAINEES

Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Overcrowding

2024

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Unsanitary/inadequate detention conditions
2024

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