Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant, near Brussels national airport

Caricole Transit Centre

Belgium

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Office des Etrangers (Immigration Office), l’Office belge des Etranger

Management: Office des Etrangers (Governmental)

Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
100
25

27 April 2020

No Data
Belgium

4,915

Migration Detainee Entries

10,825

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Caricole Transit Centre
Location

Country: Belgium

City & Region: Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant, near Brussels national airport, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 50.894129, 4.515082

Contact Information

Tervuursesteenweg 302 1820 Steenokkerzeel Belgium


Telephone: +32 027197111, +32 02 719 71 10
Fax: +32 027197130, +32 02 719 71 30

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2018

Status In use

2017

Status In use

2015
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2018

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2015
National typology

Name Centre de transit (Transitcentrum)

2018
Management

Name Office des Etrangers

Type Governmental

2019

Name l’Office belge des Etrangers

Type Governmental

2015
Custodial Authorities

Agency Office des Etrangers (Immigration Office)

Ministry Home and Security

Ministry Typology Internal or Public Security

2019

Agency l’Office belge des Etranger

Ministry Interior Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2015
Estimated annual facility budget (in USD)
Amount (USD)
Services Included
Obsv. Date
1,287,000
Other
2016
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2018

Name Adult men

2018
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2018

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2018

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2015

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2015

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 100

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 50

2020

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 90

2019

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 90

2016
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 1991

2023

Number 3273

2018

Number 2255

2014
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
25
27 April 2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2019

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2019

Secure

2015

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Family Access

Yes

2019

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