Al-Qatrun (Algatroun) Detention Centre

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Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)	2019
International Organisation for Migration, "DC Map: Libya Detention Centre Profiles - May 2019", Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), 6 December 2019, displacement.iom.int/libya
In use	2018
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “UNHCR Libya Alternatives to Detention in Libya, April 2018,” 13 April 2018, https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/unhcr-libya-alternatives-detention-libya-april-2018-enar
In use	2017
UNHCR, "Libya, Detention Centres: Detention centres in which UNHCR and partners are carrying out activities," UNHCR, January 2017
In use	2015
MHub, Detained Youth: The Fate of Young Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Libya Today, MHub Research Paper 1, July 2015, available at: http://www.mixedmigrationhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MHUB_2015_Detained-Youth.pdf
In use	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
In use	2013
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.
In use	2009
Human Rights Watch. 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. http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/09/21/pushed-back-pushed-around-0 (accessed 5 October 2009).
Fortress Europe. 2007. Escape From Tripoli: Report on the Conditions of Migrants in Transit in Libya. Fortress Europe. Rome. 25 October 2007.

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	2009
Human Rights Watch. 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. http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/09/21/pushed-back-pushed-around-0 (accessed 5 October 2009).

Operating Period

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City and region

Al-Qatrun, Centre/ Sahara Desert, the Niger/Chad borders

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Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration	Governmental	2018
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “UNHCR Libya Alternatives to Detention in Libya, April 2018,” 13 April 2018, https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/unhcr-libya-alternatives-detention-libya-april-2018-enar
Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Governmental	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.

Security

Security Regime Show sources

Security Level	Observation date
Secure	2009
Human Rights Watch. 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. http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/09/21/pushed-back-pushed-around-0 (accessed 5 October 2009).

Detention timeframe

Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources

Length	Observation date
Long-term (more than 20 days)	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
Long-term (more than 20 days)	2013
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.
Mughrabi, Magda (Amnesty International). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014 and January 2015.

Demographics

Categories of detainees

Name	Observation date
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2009

Segregation

Size and population

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
790	2013
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.

Conditions

Personnel

Access

Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions Show sources

Yes or No	Type of institution	Observation date
No	UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	2018
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “UNHCR Libya Alternatives to Detention in Libya, April 2018,” 13 April 2018, https://reliefweb.int/report/libya/unhcr-libya-alternatives-detention-libya-april-2018-enar

Deaths

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Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Ministry of the Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Ministry of the Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2013
Mughrabi, Magda (Amnesty International). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014 and January 2015.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Danish Refugee Council (UNHCR/DRC). “Questionnaire in Preparation for the International Detention Coalition MENA 2013 Regional Workshop: Libya profile.” International Detention Coalition /Global Detention Project. November 2013.
Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration	Ministry of Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2009
Frontex. 2007. FRONTEX-Led EU Illegal Immigration Technical Mission to Libya 28 May – 5 June 2007. Frontex.

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority

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