TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
List of abbreviations ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
I General information about the work of the National Agency ................................................................................... 12
1 – Background ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
1.1 – Institutional framework .......................................................................................................................................... 14
1.2 – Tasks and powers .................................................................................................................................................... 14
1.3 – Financial and human resources ............................................................................................................................... 15
2 – The National Agency in an international context .................................................................................................... 16
2.1 – Visit of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture .................................................................................... 17
2.2 – Conference on custody pending deportation organised by the European preventive mechanisms .................... 17
3 – Visits .......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.1 – Basic principles ........................................................................................................................................................ 18
3.2 – Procedure ................................................................................................................................................................ 18
II Topics .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
1 – Spotlight on custody pending deportation ............................................................................................................... 21
1.1 – Disputed legal basis ................................................................................................................................................. 21
1.2 – Drop in the number of custody pending deportation orders and consequences for the enforcement of
custody pending deportation in prisons................................................................................................................ 22
1.3 – The advantages of specialised detention facilities ................................................................................................. 22
1.4 – Best-practice examples ........................................................................................................................................... 22
1.5 – Recommendations of the Joint Commission concerning the enforcement of custody pending deportation .... 23
1.6 – Monitoring return flights ....................................................................................................................................... 25
2 – Video surveillance and peepholes ............................................................................................................................. 27
3 – Enquiries by individuals ............................................................................................................................................. 29
III Visits by the Federal Agency .................................................................................................................................... 32
1 – Federal Police and customs authorities .................................................................................................................... 34
1.1 – Federal Police stations ............................................................................................................................................ 34
1.2 – Accompanying forced returns ................................................................................................................................ 36
1.3 – Customs authorities ................................................................................................................................................ 38
2 – Federal Armed Forces ............................................................................................................................................... 40
2.1 – Positive findings ...................................................................................................................................................... 40
2.2 – Recommendations of the Federal Agency and response of the Federal Ministry of Defence ............................ 40
IV Visits by the Joint Commission ................................................................................................................................ 44
1 – Pre-deportation detention facilities ......................................................................................................................... 46
1.1 – Ingelheim Detention Centre for Persons Required to Leave the Country .......................................................... 47
1.2 – Eisenhüttenstadt Pre-Deportation Detention Facility......................................................................................... 49
1.3 – The Pre-Deportation Detention Wing in Mannheim Prison ............................................................................... 52
1.4 – Berlin-Köpenick Pre-Deportation Detention Facility ......................................................................................... 54
1.5 – The Pre-Deportation Detention Wing in Bützow Prison .................................................................................... 56
1.6 – The Pre-Deportation Detention Wing in Büren Prison ...................................................................................... 59
1.7 – Custody pending deportation in Hanover Prison, Langenhagen Unit ................................................................. 61
1.8 – The Pre-Deportation Detention Wing in Nuremberg Prison ............................................................................. 63
1.9 – The Pre-Deportation Detention Wing in Frankfurt I Prison .............................................................................. 65
1.10 – Hesse Reception Centre for Refugees in Giessen – Frankfurt Airport Branch ................................................. 66
1.11 – Rendsburg Pre-Deportation Detention Facility .................................................................................................. 68
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