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 AC UAC AC AT – BE a – – 7 120 a 0 b BG 0 175 CY 0 CZ 15 November 2016 1 December 2016 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 UAC AC UAC AC UAC AC – – – – – – – 2 b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 458 – – – – 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 0 0 7 0 19 0 0 0 0 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