Ain Zara Detention Centre

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Expand all

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 (July 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), July 2018
In use	2015
Altai Consulting, Migration Trends Across the Mediterranean: Connecting the Dots, study for the International Organization of Migration in 2015, available at: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/StudyMigrants/IOs/IOMTrendsAccrossMediterranean.pdf
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.

Typology

GDP facility typology Show sources

Category Filter	Type	Observation date
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.

Operating Period

Contact Information

City and region

Tripoli

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Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Governmental	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.

Security

Detention timeframe

Maximum official detention period at facility Show sources

Length	Observation date
Long-term (more than 20 days)	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.

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Unaccompanied minors	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/
Adult women	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/
Accompanied minors	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/
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

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
Yes	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
Yes	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
917	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

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Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Militia known as Battalion 42 or "al-Sheikh"	Ministry of the Interior	Non-State Actor - Militia/Armed Group	2018
Human Rights Watch, "No Escape from Hell: EU Policies Contribute to Abuse of Migrants in Libya", January 2019, https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/eu0119_web2.pdf
Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)		Interior or Home Affairs	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.

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority