CIE Barcelona (Zona Franca)
Carrer Ferrocarrils Catalans, Zona Franca, 08038 Barcelona · Barcelona
Managed by Ministerio del Interior, Policía Nacional · ~158 places · 30 people (Feb 2026)
This is a detention centre, not a reception centre. CIEs are run by the Interior Ministry and hold people pending removal; they do not accommodate asylum applicants within the reception system. Their figures must not be added to reception totals.
Centro de Internamiento de Extranjeros in the Zona Franca industrial area. Reported capacity 158 places, with 30 people held in February 2026. The Catalan ombudsman (Síndic de Greuges) has opened own-initiative investigations into alleged assaults at the centre.
Timeline
2017
Catalan ombudsman opens an own-initiative investigation
The Síndic de Greuges acted on its own initiative over possible assaults at the centre. Reported as an investigation; no finding is asserted here.
Feb 2026
30 people held of 158 places
Across the seven active CIEs, 175 people were held against 848 places, about 79% of detention capacity unoccupied.
Source
Teleprensa: CIE occupancy figures (2026-02-07) · news
Part of Spain’s reception and detention system. Figures are described neutrally from the cited source; coordinates marked “approx.” are town-level estimates. Most Spanish reception capacity is delivered through acción concertada in rented, dispersed apartments with no published addresses, we do not map homes. Any allegation against a named organisation is reported as an ongoing proceeding, not an established fact.