B. Establishments for foreign nationals deprived of their liberty under aliens legislation; (Read full CPT report)32. The CPT’s delegation carried out a first-time visit to Georgia’s only immigration detentionfacility (opened in 2014), the Temporary Accommodation Centre of the Migration Department ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs (hereafter, TAC or the Centre). Located in Varketili district ofTbilisi, […]
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Trandum Police Immigration Detention Centre (from report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2018 visit to Norway)
Trandum Police Immigration Detention Centre (Read full CPT report) 38. The delegation carried out a follow-up visit33 to Trandum Police Immigration DetentionCentre (hereinafter: “Trandum Detention Centre”), which remains the only immigration detentioncentre in Norway.34 The current policy in Norway is to accommodate asylum-seekers only in openreception centres; thus, Trandum Detention Centre functions primarily as a […]
Immigration Detention in Luxembourg: Systematic Deprivation of Liberty
Immigration Detention in Luxembourg: Although Luxembourg has a very small immigration detention system, the number of detainees has risen in recent years. Since opening a dedicated detention facility in 2011, observers have noted a general improvement in material conditions. On the other hand, detention appears to be systematically applied as officials regularly conclude that apprehended migrants […]
Challenging Immigration Detention: Academics, Activists, and Policy-Makers
Governments increasingly rely upon detention to control the movement of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. Approaching detention from an interdisciplinary perspective, this new edited volume brings together leading writers and thinkers to provide a greater understanding of why it is such an important social phenomenon and suggest ways to confront it locally and globally. […]
Submission to the Council of Europe’s European Committee on Legal Co-operation
In follow up to participation in the Council of Europe hearing on the draft legal instrument codifying the existing standards related to the conditions of administrative detention of migrants, held in Strasbourg 22-23 June 2017 the GDP submitted written comments to European Committee on Legal Co-operation on 12 July 2017. See details on the […]
“Hotspots” (from report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2017 visit to Italy)
1. Preliminary remarks; (Read full CPT report)11. As part of the response to assist frontline member States that are facing disproportionatemigratory pressures at the European Union’s external borders, European Union member states andinstitutions agreed in 2015 to implement the so-called “hotspot” approach to managing migration.5The “hotspot” approach aims at swiftly identifying, registering and properly processing […]
Foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation in Türkiye (From the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2017 visit to Türkiye)
Foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation; (Read full CPT report) 25. One of the main objectives of the visit was to examine the measures taken by the Turkish authorities in the light of the recommendations made by the CPT in the report on the June 2015 ad hoc visit which focussed on the situation of […]
Centre for Foreigner in Slovenia(from report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2017 visit to Slovenia)
1. Preliminary remarks (Read full CPT report)77. The administrative detention56 of foreign nationals “who reside illegally” in Slovenia isgoverned by the Aliens Act57 while the detention of foreign nationals who have applied forinternational protection (asylum) is regulated in the International Protection Act.58Foreign nationals who are illegally present in Slovenia and those whose identity is unknownmay […]
The joint flight: preparation, execution and handover in Spain ( from report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2016 visit to Spain)
The joint flight: preparation, execution and handover. (Read full CPT report) 9. The practice of removal of foreign nationals is a frequent and widespread practicethroughout Europe. For Spain, removal operations to Latin America in particular are commonplace.In the CPT’s experience, removal of foreign nationals entails a manifest risk of inhuman anddegrading treatment (during preparations for […]
Ressortissants étrangers retenus en vertu de la législation relative à l’immigration (relatif à la visite effectuée 2015 au Luxembourg par le Comité européen pour la préventionde la torture et des peines ou traitementsinhumains ou dégradants (CPT)
1. Remarques préliminaires (Read full CPT report)100. Lors de ses précédentes visites, le CPT a examiné à plusieurs reprises la situation deressortissants étrangers privés de leur liberté, notamment dans le centre de séjour provisoire pourétrangers en situation irrégulière situé au Centre pénitentiaire de Luxembourg (voir paragraphe 32).Le CPT se félicite que, conformément à ses précédentes […]
