Ajdabiya (Ejdabia) Detention Centre (اجدابيا)

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2019
Undisclosed source, Email correspondence with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project), Libyan Ministry of Interior, List of Immigration Detention Centres, February 2019.
In use	2018
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/
In use	2017
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator," Displacement Tracking Mechanism (DTM), December 2017
In use	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view
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	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
Administrative	Immigration detention centre	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.
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

Contact Information

City and region

Ajdabiya, North East/ Mediterranean Coast

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Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
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.

Outsourced services and non-state actors Show sources

Provider	Service	Observation date
UNHCR	Social services	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

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.

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult men	2018
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/

Categories of detainees

Name	Observation date
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2009

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
No	2018
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/

Age segregation Show sources

Age Segregation	Observation date
No	2018
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/

Size and population

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
31	2018
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/

Conditions

Personnel

Access

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

Yes or No	Type of institution	Observation date
Yes	International Organization for Migration	2018
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/

Deaths

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

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.
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