European legal and policy framework on immigration detention of children Table 1: Number of children in immigration detention on various dates, as reported by 28 EU Member States 31 December 2015 EU Member State 31 March 2016 1 September 2016 Children in immigration detention, including those detained at borders but excluding children stopped and held in police stations pending further action UAC AT – BE 7 BG 0 CY AC UAC AC UAC AC UAC AC – – – – – – 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 175 0 37 0 458 – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – CZ 0 0 0 7 0 19 0 0 0 0 120 0 – Children in immigration detention, excluding individuals temporarily held in facilities other than detention centres, such as in holding rooms in border areas or police cells b a – UAC 1 December 2016 b a – AC 15 November 2016 DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DK 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – EE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EL – – – – 7 248 – – – – ES 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – FI 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FR 0 120 – – – – – – – – HU 0 199 – – 0 0 0 38 0 19 HR 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 IE*** 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – IT 0 0 0 0 0* 0* – – – – LT 0 0 0 0 0** 2** – – – – LU 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LV 6 1 2 0 6 4 10 1 11 1 MT 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – NL 0 0 0 9 4 1 1 2 1 1 PL 5 16 0 51 1 46 10 99 3 94 PT – – – – – – – – – – RO 17 0 5 0 – – – – – – SE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 SI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 SK 0 4 0 9 0 24 0 17 0 17 UK 0 0 0 0 – – – – – – Notes: AC = children detained with their family. UAC = unaccompanied children. – indicates that there are no data. Data in italics refer to a period, not a specific day. a Refers to the period between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015 (persons whose age was disputed). b Refers to the period between 1 March 2016 and 31 March 2016. * Refers to 9 November 2016. ** Refers to 1 October 2016. *** Ireland does not detain children for immigration or asylum purposes. Source: FRA (based on information provided by EU Member States) and EMN ad hoc query, 2017 14