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

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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	2019
UNHCR, "UNHCR issues urgent appeal for release and evacuation of detained refugees caught in Libyan crossfire,"12 April 2019, https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2019/4/5cb0b5954/unhcr-issues-urgent-appeal-release-evacuation-detained-refugees-caught.html
In use	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
In use	2017
UNHCR, "Libya, Detention Centres: Detention centres in which UNHCR and partners are carrying out activities," UNHCR, January 2017
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).

Operating Period

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City and region

Bin Gashir

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Management and Services

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

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult women	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018
Adult men	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018
Unaccompanied minors	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018

Categories of detainees

Name	Observation date
Undocumented migrants (administrative)	2009

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018

Age segregation Show sources

Age Segregation	Observation date
No	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018

Size and population

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
728	2019
UNHCR, "UNHCR issues urgent appeal for release and evacuation of detained refugees caught in Libyan crossfire,"12 April 2019, https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2019/4/5cb0b5954/unhcr-issues-urgent-appeal-release-evacuation-detained-refugees-caught.html
539	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 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 (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018

Deaths

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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.

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority

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