The report contains the main findings of the needs assessment of Special Accommodation Centres for Foreigners in Armenia.  It addresses the following issues: Policy and Legislation; Detention Management; Detention in the Operational Context; Establishing a Central Migrant Accommodation Centre.

The assessment was prepared within the framework of the “Supporting the establishment of effective readmission management in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia” Regional Project funded by the European Commission and the IOM Development Fund and the “Building capacity of government structures in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia for the effective management of readmission and return” Regional Project funded by the IOM Development Fund.

This publication has been issued without formal editing by the Publications Unit of IOM.