Lisbon

Lisbon airport pre-removal facility

Portugal

Status

In use

2023

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)

Management: SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras) (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
24
63

31 December 2023

YES

2017

Portugal

694

Migration Detainee Entries

1,615

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Lisbon airport pre-removal facility
Location

Country: Portugal

City & Region: Lisbon, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 38.772850, -9.136311

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status Last documented use

2017

Status In use

2014
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Transit centre

2017
National typology

Name Temporary Accommodation Centre (Centro de instalação temporária ou espaço equiparado é autorizado)

2017
Management

Name SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)

Type Governmental

2017

Name ANA (Areoportos de Portugal)

Type Private For-Profit

2017
Custodial Authorities

Agency SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)

Ministry Ministry of Interior

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2017
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider [Unknown private security company]

Service Security

2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Accompanied minors

2017

Name Families

2017

Name Adult women

2017

Name Adult men

2017
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2017

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 24

2023
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 2194

2016

Number 1881

2015

Number 2438

2009
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 76

2023
Alternative Migration Detainee Entries

Number 13

2023
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
63
31 December 2023

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 1

2015

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2017
Inadequate conditions

Recreation

2017

Food provision

2017

Medical care

2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2017
Armed External Guards

Yes

2017

STAFF

Specially Trained

No

2017

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2017
Age Segregation

No

2017
Legal Segregation

Yes

2017
Family Segregation

No

2017

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2017
Consular Access

Yes

2017

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