Manchester

Manchester Airport Residential Short-Term Holding Facility (STHF)

United Kingdom

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: UK Visas and Immigration

Management: Mitie Care and Custody (Private For-Profit)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
32
4

31 December 2023

No Data
United Kingdom

23,970

Migration Detainees

15,864

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Manchester Airport Residential Short-Term Holding Facility (STHF)
Location

Country: United Kingdom

City & Region: Manchester, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 53.362029, -2.287775

Contact Information
Manchester short term holding facility
Building 302
Argosy Drive
World Freight Terminal
Manchester Airport
M90 5PZ

Tel: (+44) 0161 509 2015

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2023
In use
2020
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Short-Term Holding Facility
Management
Management
Type
Year
Mitie Care and Custody
Private For-Profit
2018
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
UK Visas and Immigration
Home Office
Interior or Home Affairs
2018
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
Mitie Care and Custody
Management
2018
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2018

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2019

Adult women

2019
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Brazil

Country #2 Albania

Country #3 Poland

Country #4 Bulgaria

Country #5 India

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 32

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 35

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 32

2019
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 1183

2023
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
4
31 December 2023
15
30 September 2023
4
31 December 2022
6
30 September 2022
13
31 December 2021
12
31 December 2020
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
9
31 March 2023
1
31 December 2022
Number of women detained on single day
Number
Date
3
31 March 2023
3
31 September 2022

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 2

2019
Overstays

Reported Overstays Yes

2019
Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
7
2023

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
Judicial authorities
2019

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