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The maximum period of asylum detention is 8 months. Families with children under 18 years of age may not be detained for more than 30 days.[1]
In 2021, as well as in 2022, the average period of asylum detention was 43 days. In 2023, the average period was 49 days. According to the statistics of the NDGAP, there were no families with children placed in asylum detention.[2]
From March 2017 to 21 May 2020, asylum seekers who were de facto detained in the transit zone remained there until the end of their asylum procedure (Except for those who were detained at the time of the official closure of the transit zones. They were placed to open reception facilities due to the closure and their asylum procedure was still pending).[3]
[1] Section 31/A(7) Asylum Act.
[2] Information provided by NDGAP on 2 March 2021, 7 February 2022, 13 February 2023 and 19 February 2024.
[3] See also: HHC, Statistical data pertaining to asylum procedures conducted in one of the transit zones that were either initiated after 1 January 2019 or that were initiated before 1 January 2019 but are still pending on 3 February 2020, 3 February 2020, available at: https://bit.ly/3Uir5zI.