Statistical data
IV.2. Medium-term deprivation of liberty
IV.2.1. Foreign national detention centres
206. According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, in 2016 there were a total of 14,558
undocumented arrivals in Spain via unauthorised border points (arrivals on illegal vessels),
thus indicating a fall in undocumented arrivals with respect to the 16,851 registered in 2015.
Table 23. Undocumented arrivals via unauthorised border points in 2016
UNDOCUMENTED ARRIVALS IN SPAIN
MAINLAND SPAIN
7,380
CEUTA
2,542
MELILLA
3,901
CANARY ISLANDS
705
BALEARIC ISLANDS
30
TOTAL
14,558
Source: Produced in-house using data provided by the DGP
(General Headquarters for Immigration and Border Control)
207. Of the total 35,882 foreign nationals detained, 7,597 were committed to various CIEs (6,930
in 2015), as reflected in the table below.
Table 24. Foreign nationals committed to CIEs in 2016
No. of inmates
CIE
Men
Women
Total
Algeciras
2,864
237
3,101
Barcelona
639
-
639
Las Palmas
546
87
633
Madrid
1,432
94
1,526
Murcia
654
-
654
139
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