Tripoli

Ain Zara Detention Centre

Libya

Status

Closed
(or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Militia known as Battalion 42 or "al-Sheikh", Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)

Management: Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM) (Governmental)

Detains: Unaccompanied minors, Adult women, Accompanied minors, Adult men

Reported population Capacity Conditions complaints?
917

2018

No Data
No Data
Libya

8,672

Immigration detainees (2018)

Not Available

Estimated detention capacity (2018)

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MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

GDP facility typology

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2013
Center Status

Status Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)

2019

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2018

Status In use

2015

Status In use

2013
Management

Name Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)

Type Governmental

2013
Custodial Authorities

Agency Militia known as Battalion 42 or "al-Sheikh"

Ministry Ministry of the Interior

Ministry Typology Non-State Actor - Militia/Armed Group

2018

Agency Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)

Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2013

STATISTICS & DATA

Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2018

Name Adult women

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2018

Name Adult men

2018
Reported Population (day)

Number 917

2018
Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2013

CONDITIONS & REGIME

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2018
Age Segregation

Age Segregation Yes

2018
Monitors & Civil Society Access

Yes or No Yes

Type of institution International Organization for Migration

2018