Countries
1: Africa.
- 1.1: Angola.
- 1.2: Botswana.
- 1.3: Egypt.
- 1.4: Kenya.
- 1.5: Libya.
  - 1.5.1: Introduction.
  - 1.5.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 1.5.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 1.5.4: Country Links.
  - 1.5.5: Reference List.
- 1.6: Mauritania.
- 1.7: Morocco.
- 1.8: Senegal.
- 1.9: South Africa.
- 1.10: Tanzania.
- 1.11: Tunisia.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
5: Middle East .

Libya Profile

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention sites: 27

Asylum seekers: 4,834 (end 2008)

Annual number of deportations: 53,842 (2006)

Est. undocumented pop: Up to 1.5 million (2009)

Last updated: November 2009

Libya Detention Profile

Map of "In Use" Detention Sites

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

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NB: The Global Detention Project has not been able to verify the location of two additional sites of detention in Libya—aj-Jmayl Detention Centre and Garabulli Detention Centre—therefore not included in the above list or map.

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

European Commission. 2004. Technical Mission to Libya on Illegal Immigration 27 Nov – 6 Dec 2004. European Commission. Doc 7753/05.
Fortress Europe. 2007. Escape from Tripoli: Report on the Conditions of Migrants in Transit in Libya. Fortress Europe, Rome. 25 October 2007.
Fortress Europe. 2009. Border Sahara: the detention centres in the Libyan desert. Fortress Europe. 1 January 2009.
Frontex. 2007. FRONTEX-Led EU Illegal Immigration Technical Mission to Libya 28 May – 5 June 2007. Frontex.
Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2009. Pushed Back, Pushed Around: Italy's Forced Return of Boat Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Libya's Mistreatment of Migrants and Asylum Seekers. Human Rights Watch. United States of America. September 2009. www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/09/21/pushed-back-pushed-around-0 (accessed 5 October 2009).