Padinska skela, Belgrade

Padinska skela Reception Center for Foreigners (Prihvatilište za Strance)

Serbia

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Ministry of the Interior (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
110
10

28 September 2004

YES

2023

Serbia

609

Migration Detainees

574

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Padinska skela Reception Center for Foreigners (Prihvatilište za Strance)
Location

Country: Serbia

City & Region: Padinska skela, Belgrade, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 44.973679, 20.405798

Contact Information
Prihvatilište za strance
Padinska Skela

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2021
Last documented use
2016
In use
2004
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2017
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Reception Center for Foreigners
2004
Management
Management
Type
Year
Ministry of the Interior
Governmental
2016

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2023

Adult women

2023

Adult men

2004

Adult women

2004
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2016

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2016
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Afghanistan

Country #2 Morocco

Country #3 Syria

Country #4 Pakistan

Country #5 India

2023

Country #1 Afghanistan

Country #2 Syria

Country #3 Turkey

Country #4 Iraq

Country #5 Somalia

2022

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 110

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 180

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 80

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 120

2004
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 123

2023

Number 272

2022
Number of women detained (year)

3

2023
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
10
28 September 2004

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
180
2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Bedding and clothing

2023

CARCERAL INDICATORS

Internal Security Regime

Semi-Open (locked in cells during certain hours only)

2023
External Security Regime

Secure

2004

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2021

CELLS

At Least Three Square Meters Per Detainee

Yes

2023
Security/Isolation Cells

Yes

2021
Equipped (beds, tables, shelves, chairs)

Yes

2023
Detainees Per Cell

5

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2023

Yes

2021
Hours Communal Space Accessible

9

2021
Outdoor Space

Yes

2023

Yes

2021
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2023
Activities/Education for Children

No

2021

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

No

2023
Psychological Evaluation upon Arrival

No

2023
Doctor on Duty

No Doctor on Duty

2023

No Doctor on Duty

2021
Nurse on Duty

No Nurse on Duty

2023

No Nurse on Duty

2021
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Health screeningsDoctorsNursesPsychological care
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023

Yes

2021
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2023
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2023
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2023
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2023
Yes
National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT
2023
Yes
National ombudsman or human rights institution
2021
Yes
International or regional human rights mechanisms
2004
Family Access

Infrequently

2023

Yes

2021

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2020
Free Outgoing Local Calls

No

2016