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United KingdomType: Immigration detention centre (Administrative) Custodial Authority: UK Visas and Immigration Management: Serco (Private For-Profit) Detains: Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)
United KingdomType: Immigration detention centre (Administrative) Custodial Authority: UK Visas and Immigration Management: GEO Group Ltd (Private For-Profit) Detains: Adult women, Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative) Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre is located near Strathaven in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and…
DenmarkType: Immigration detention centre (Administrative) Custodial Authority: Department of Prison and Probation Management: Danish Prison and Probation Service (Governmental) Detains: Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)
Bosnia & HerzegovinaRefugees and migrants trapped along the Balkans migration route, including some 500 unaccompanied children and 400 children with family who are currently in Bosnia and Herzegovina, are facing increased risks from smugglers, traffickers and border authorities. Tighter border controls and pushbacks, both at the EU border and between EU countries, have led…
United KingdomMore than 2,000 homes in parts of Manchester are being evacuated due to flooding caused by Storm Christoph. The Environment Agency (EA) has issued two severe flood warnings, which means danger to life, for the Didsbury and Northenden areas. Assistant Chief Constable Nick Bailey of Greater Manchester Police has warned some of those affected would "be…
AlbaniaAt least 4,000 people remain homeless nearly a week after a devastating 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Albania. The earthquake, which struck on 26 November, killed 51 people and directly affected 100,000 people, according to the Albanian Red Cross. More than 350 local Red Cross volunteers have been involved in the response, including in search and rescue…
CroatiaAffected countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Austria 3 km from Petrinja, Croatia · 29 Dec, 11:19 A strong earthquake in central Croatia has killed at least seven people, injured more than 20 and caused a significant destruction in Petrinja, a town southeast of…
Bosnia & HerzegovinaThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) is stepping up its assistance to the thousands of migrants who will be sleeping rough tonight in Bosnia, which has become a bottleneck as people try to reach the European Union. A humanitarian emergency was caused when the Lipa Emergency Tent Camp, run by the local authorities with support from IOM, was…
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBihac's two main refugee accommodation centers, Bira and Miral, were already bursting at the seams. In June this year, officials imposed a curfew to limit migrants' movements between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The local police also started rounding up migrants from the streets and parks and taking them to a new location — Vucjak Authorities placed around 700…
Bosnia & HerzegovinaThousands of migrants sleeping rough in northwest Bosnia risk freezing to death after the first heavy snowfall covered their flimsy tents, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement today. This mounting tragedy is the result of overcrowding in official centers and violent pushbacks at the Croatian borders, which prevent asylum seekers and migrants…
Ukraine(Kyiv, 26 November 2020): The Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Ms. Osnat Lubrani, together with the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, launched today the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan in a bid to meet the needs of 1.9 million conflict-affected people in eastern Ukraine. The Plan seeks US$168 million to provide…
TurkeyA magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit western province of İzmir, Turkey on Friday October 30, 2:51 pm local time. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake had an epicentre 13 km northeast of the Greek island of Samos. The earthquake was felt in provinces as far as İstanbul, Bodrum, Muğla and Manisa. Soon after the initial quake, the…
DenmarkType: Prison or pretrial detention centre (Criminal) Custodial Authority: Department of Prison and Probation, Department of Prison and Probation Management: Danish Prison and Probation Service (Governmental) Detains: Undocumented migrants, Asylum seekers
RussiaCountry: Russian Federation GDP Facility Typology: Administrative (2016) Center Status: In use (2018) Security Regime: Secure (2018) Capacity: 101 (2017) Management: Ministry for Internal Affairs (2016)
TurkeyHarmandalı has capacity for 750 people in 126 rooms . There are two blocks, A and B. In block A, mainly single male adults are held in detention, Block B holds families and children. Some migrants who were apprehended at the Turkish coast or in the Aegean Sea trying to leave Turkey are also detained in Harmandalı.
SlovakiaDays of heavy rain caused flooding in several areas of Slovakia , causing 1 fatality and prompting evacuations. The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMÚ) said that the rain was brought by an area of low pressure which moved from the central Mediterranean, through the Balkans, the Carpathians and over Poland. In a 48 hour period to 14 October,…
GreeceThe Paranesti detention centre opened on 28 September 2012 with a capacity of 557 within a former military site. It is composed of four distinct fenced-in single-storey accommodation blocks, each with its own yard, and two small administrative buildings. When the centre was visited in 2013 by the CPT delegation , it held 324 people. However, as the…
GreeceFylakio Pre-removal Detention Centre (formerly Fylakio Special Holding Facility for irregular migrants)
GreeceAnother very isolated and small camp that we have helped since August 2017. Over that time it has risen from about 120 to 150 people living in cramped conditions and miles from any shops and services. Invited by the UN Refugee Agency to see if we could provide food, it was immediately apparent that we could help the people on the camp and support Oxfam…
GreeceThe Camp is located in the Northwest of Greece, around 4 km outside the town of Filippiada. It is of the main road leading to Ioannina, with lots of traffic. It is situated on a large gravel-covered area. On the other side it faces a dense forest leading towards a river. In order to enter the camp, one has to register with the municipality. The reason…
GreeceFour weeks after the fires destroyed Moria Reception and Identification Centre on Lesvos, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is reiterating its call that urgent action and improvements are needed to avoid further deterioration of living conditions for some 7,800 refugees and asylum-seekers currently sheltered in the emergency site in Kara Tepe. Colder weather…
GreeceOn Tuesday 8 September, a huge fire engulfed Moria camp, Europe’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos in Greece. It has completely destroyed the camp, leaving 12,000 people homeless. In addition, Covid-19 has been identified among the stranded asylum seekers.
GreeceUN urges Greece to act as Moria refugee camp reaches 'boiling point' The UN refugee agency has urged Greece to move asylum seekers off Lesbos after the Victoria Derbyshire programme exposed appalling conditions. It said the Moria camp was "reaching boiling point" and the Greek government should rapidly speed up the process of transferring people to the…
GreeceMORE THAN 100 hundred firefighters are battling a wildfire that broke out in Greece’s southern Mani peninsula, prompting several village evacuations. The fire department said 103 firefighters with 24 fire engines and 15 aircraft had been deployed to the forest of Langadia, in the Peloponnese peninsula of Mani. Five villages were evacuated as a…