CIE Madrid (Aluche)
Avenida de los Poblados s/n, Aluche, 28047 Madrid · Madrid
Managed by Ministerio del Interior, Policía Nacional · ~120 places · 72 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 Aluche district. CIEs are immigration detention centres run by the Interior Ministry, legally distinct from the reception system: they hold people pending removal, not asylum applicants in reception. Reported capacity 120 places, with 72 people held in February 2026.
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.