Bin Gashir

(Qasr) Bin Gashir Detention Centre (قصر بن غشير)

Libya

Status

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2019

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration

Management: Not Available

Detains: Adult women, Unaccompanied minors, Adult men, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Capacity Deaths at facility
728

12 April 2019

No Data
No Data
Libya

14

Dedicated Detention Centres

1,552

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
(Qasr) Bin Gashir Detention Centre (قصر بن غشير)
Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Bin Gashir, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 32.736071, 13.245911

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2019
In use
2019
In use
2018
In use
2017
In use
2009
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2009
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration
Ministry of Interior
Interior or Home Affairs
2009

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult women

2018

Unaccompanied minors

2018

Adult men

2018
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
728
12 April 2019
539
29 July 2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2009

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2018
Age Segregation

No

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2018

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