Bani Walid Detention Centre

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Status

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Status	Observation date
Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)	2016
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
UNHCR, "Libya, Detention Centres: Detention centres in which UNHCR and partners are carrying out activities," UNHCR, January 2017
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (August 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), August 2018. http://www.globaldtm.info/libya-detention-centre-profile-august-2018/
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (January 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), January 2018. http://www.globaldtm.info/libya-detention-centre-profile-generator-january-2018/
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (June 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), June 2018. https://www.globaldtm.info/libya-detention-centre-profile-generator-june-2018/
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
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).

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).

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City and region

Bani Walid

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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

Demographics

Categories of detainees

Name	Observation date
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2009

Segregation

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Personnel

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Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
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.

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Area of authority

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