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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
24
63

31 December 2023

YES

2023

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
Year
In use
2023
Last documented use
2017
In use
2014
Facility type
Category
Type
Administrative
Transit centre
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Temporary Accommodation Centre (Centro de instalação temporária ou espaço equiparado é autorizado)
2017
Management
Management
Type
SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)
Governmental
ANA (Areoportos de Portugal)
Private For-Profit
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
SEF (Servicio De Estrangeiros e Fronteiras)
Ministry of Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2017
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
[Unnamed catering company]
Food services
[Unknown private security company]
Security
[Unknown private security company]
Security

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Families

2023

Name Accompanied minors

2023

Name Adult men

2017

Name Adult women

2017

Name Families

2017

Name Accompanied minors

2017
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2017

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017
At-Risk Populations

At-Risk Population Asylum seekers

2023

At-Risk Population Victims of torture

2023

At-Risk Population Accompanied children

2023

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
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Reported Overpopulation Yes

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

Freedom of movement within facility

2023

Cell space

2023

Medical care

2017

Food provision

2017

Recreation

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

Outdoor Space

Yes

2023
Possibility to Prepare Own Meals

No

2023

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2017
Consular Access

Yes

2017

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2023
Internet Access

Yes (unrestricted)

2023
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Yes (unrestricted)

2023