Tarifa (Centro de la "Isla de las Palomas")

Centro de Internamiento de Extranjero-Tarifa ("Isla de las Palomas")

Spain

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2020

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Cuerpo Nacional de Policía

Management: Ministerio del Interior/Direccion General de la Policia (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
160
No Data
No Data
Spain

2,082

Migration Detainee Entries

68,100

Apprehensions of Non-Citizens

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FACILITY NAMES
Centro de Internamiento de Extranjero-Tarifa ("Isla de las Palomas")
Location

Country: Spain

City & Region: Tarifa (Centro de la "Isla de las Palomas"), Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 36.0043957487, -5.6090354919

Contact Information
+36° 0'12.52", -5°36'34.25"

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2020
Temporarily closed
2020
In use
2018
In use
2017
In use
2012
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2018
Ad Hoc
Surge facility
2012
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
Management
Management
Type
Year
Ministerio del Interior/Direccion General de la Policia
Governmental
2017
Ministerio del Interior/Direccion General de la Policia
Governmental
2012
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía
Ministerio del Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2012
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2003

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2017

Name Adult men

2017

Name Adult women

2011

Name Adult men

2011
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2017

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2017

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2012

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 160

2011
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2017

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2012

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2012

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2012
Age Segregation

Not Available

2017

Not Applicable

2012
Legal Segregation

Not Applicable

2017

Not Applicable

2012
Family Segregation

Not Applicable

2012

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT
2018
Yes
National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT
2017
Yes
National non-governmental groups
2017

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