centro de instalação temporária
Published 3 November 2026, 17:05
centro de instalação temporária (temporary holding centre)
A closed facility where a foreigner is held while a decision is made on their removal or asylum application. You cannot leave of your own accord, so it is a deprivation of liberty ordered by the authorities and confirmed by a judge.
Where you come across it. Detention at the border, refusal of entry, waiting for documents from a third country, consideration of an asylum application.
There is a time limit, and the measure is reviewed; children are placed there only in exceptional cases and as a last resort.
Official website: aima.gov.pt