Incheon

Incheon International Airport Detention Facility / Incheon International Airport Immigration Office Detention Facility

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Immigration Bureau

Management: Free Zone (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Accompanied minors, Families, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Capacity Deaths at facility
74

18 January 2021

No Data
No Data
Republic of Korea (South Korea)

3,907

Refugees

20,214

Asylum Applications

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FACILITY NAMES
Incheon International Airport Detention Facility / Incheon International Airport Immigration Office Detention Facility

Alternative Names: 인천공항 송환대기실 [Incheon Airport repatriation waiting room]

Location

Country: Republic of Korea (South Korea)

City & Region: Incheon, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 37.4614093, 126.4472577

Contact Information
2172-1, Unseo-dong,
Jung-gu, Incheon
Tel. +82 32 740 7043
Fax. +82 32 740 7040

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
In use
2020
In use
2019
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Transit centre
2009
Management
Management
Type
Year
Free Zone
Private For-Profit
2016
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Immigration Bureau
Ministry of Justice
Justice
2009
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Free Zone
Management
2019
Facility owner
Owner type
Owner name
Year
Private Company
Airlines Operators Committee
2019

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Accompanied minors

2019

Name Families

2019

Name Adult women

2009

Name Adult men

2009
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
74
18 January 2021
43
18 January 2019
22
2 January 2005

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2009

STAFF

Specially Trained

No

2016

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2019
Age Segregation

No

2019

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

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