Veliki otok, Postojna

Postojna Centre for Foreigners

Slovenia

Status

In use

2022

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Interior

Management: Police (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
180
13

24 January 2017

YES

2017

Slovenia

1,929

Migration Detainee Entries

61,245

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Postojna Centre for Foreigners
Location

Country: Slovenia

City & Region: Veliki otok, Postojna, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 45.785273, 14.193528

Contact Information
Veliki Otok 44 Z, 6230 Postojna, Slovenia. Tel. 386 5 701 34 40. Email: ct.uup@policija.si

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2022

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2010
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2019
National typology

Name Center za tujce - Aliens Centre

2019

Name Centre for Foreigners

2014
Management

Name Police

Type Governmental

2019

Name Police

Type Governmental

2010
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Jesuit Refugee Servie

Service Social services

2017

Provider Legal-Informational Centre for NGOs (PIC)

Service Legal counselling

2017
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2002

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2017

Name Adult women

2017

Name Adult men

2017

Name Accompanied minors

2017

Name Families

2017
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2017

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 180

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 140

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 220

2019

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 240

2017

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 220

2010
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 60

2008
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 1929

2022

Number 1482

2016

Number 2338

2015

Number 337

2014

Number 425

2013

Number 359

2012

Number 250

2011

Number 313

2010

Number 408

2009

Number 512

2008

Number 781

2007

Number 1117

2006

Number 1639

2005

Number 1544

2004

Number 1908

2003

Number 3272

2002

Number 10034

2001

Number 14576

2000

Number 15559

1999

Number 8869

1998

Number 2095

1996

Number 2403

1995

Number 3048

1994

Number 2797

1993

Number 1178

1992
Number of children (under 18) detained (year)

Number of children (under 18) detained 239

2022
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
13
24 January 2017
50
2 January 2007
71
2 January 2006

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 14

2017
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2017

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Cell space

2017

Access to telephones

2006

Recreation

2006

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2019

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

No

2017

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2017
Age Segregation

Yes

2017
Family Segregation

Yes

2017

CELLS

At Least Three Square Meters Per Detainee

Yes

2017

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

Yes

2017
Outdoor Space

Yes

2017
Hours Outdoor Space Accessible

1

2017
Leisure Equipment

Yes

2017
Skills Development for Adults

Yes

2017
Language Classes

Yes

2017

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Yes

2017
Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2017
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2017
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2017

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2017
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2017
Yes
National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT
2017
Family Access

Yes

2017

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2017
Computer Access

Yes (unrestricted)

2017
Internet Access

Yes (with restrictions)

2017