Ajdabiya, North East/ Mediterranean Coast

Ajdabiya (Ejdabia) Detention Centre (اجدابيا)

Libya

Status

In use

2026

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Internal Security Agency (ISA), Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM) , Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration

Management: General Administration for Combating Irregular Migration (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Non-immigration-related administrative detainees, Unaccompanied minors, Accompanied minors, Adult men, Adult women, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Deaths at facility Conditions complaints?
275

31 December 2025

Yes

13 July 2024

YES

2026

Libya

17

Dedicated Detention Centres

200,335

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
Ajdabiya (Ejdabia) Detention Centre (اجدابيا)
Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Ajdabiya, North East/ Mediterranean Coast , Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 30.75967, 20.223749

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2026
In use
2025
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2021
In use
2019
In use
2018
In use
2017
In use
2017
In use
2014
In use
2013
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2026
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2014
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2013
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2009
Management
Management
Type
Year
General Administration for Combating Irregular Migration
Governmental
2025
Internal Security Agency (ISA)
Governmental
2024
Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)
Governmental
2014
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Internal Security Agency (ISA)
Ministry of the Interior
Internal or Public Security
2024
Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)
Ministry of Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2014
Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration
Interior or Home Affairs
2009
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
UNHCR
Social services
2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2025

Accompanied minors

2025

Adult men

2025

Adult women

2025

Adult men

2020

Adult men

2018
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2025

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2025

Non-immigration-related administrative detainees

2024

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2025

Accompanied children

2025

Refugees

2025

Unaccompanied children

2025

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
275
31 December 2025
93
29 January 2023
31
28 March 2021
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
93
16 January 2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2026
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2026
2025
2024
2023
2023
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2009

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description “[M]igrants, asylum seekers and refugees including children, [are] arbitrarily held in inhumane conditions rife with human rights violations, including torture and ill-treatment, forced labour, and extortion.”

Report date (Month) February

Report date (Year) 2026

2026

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

2024

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation No

2023

Gender Segregation No

2021

Gender Segregation No

2020

Gender Segregation No

2018
Age Segregation

Age Segregation No

2023

Age Segregation No

2021

Age Segregation No

2020

Age Segregation No

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space Yes

2023

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2021

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) No

2020
Doctor on Duty

Frequency No Doctor on Duty

2023

Frequency No Doctor on Duty

2020
Nurse on Duty

Frequency No Nurse on Duty

2023

Frequency No Nurse on Duty

2020
Psychologist Visits

Frequency No regular visits

2023

Frequency No regular visits

2021

Frequency No regular visits

2020
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Health screeningsDoctorsNursesPsychological careHospital accessMedication
2020
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate food or water provision
2023
Inadequate ventilation
2020
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
Ahmed Abdel Moneim Al-Zawi
13 July 2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Lawyer Access No

2023

Lawyer Access Yes

2020
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2023
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2021
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2018

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones No

2023

Access to Telephones No

2021

Access to Telephones No

2020
Internet Access

Internet Access No

2023

Internet Access No

2021

Internet Access No

2020
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones No

2023

Access to Personal Cell Phones No

2020

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2026

"In February 2025, leaked videos showed the beating and whipping of migrants and asylum seekers, including children, by DCIM officials in Ajdabiya detention facility. Another video showed an Egyptian man, explaining that he was beaten by a metal bar by DCIM officials in August 2024." - UNSMIL and OHCHR