Al-Hamra (Gharyan) Detention Centre

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Status

Center status Show sources

Status	Observation date
In use	2019
Undisclosed source, Email correspondence with Michael Flynn (Global Detention Project), Libyan Ministry of Interior, List of Immigration Detention Centres, February 2019.
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
Closed (or ceased migrant detention operations)	2015
MHub, Detained Youth: The Fate of Young Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Libya Today, MHub Research Paper 1, July 2015, available at: http://www.mixedmigrationhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MHUB_2015_Detained-Youth.pdf
In use	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
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	2018
Global Detention Project (GDP). 2018. "Country Report: Immigration Detention in Libya: 'a human rights crisis'". August 2018. https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GDP-Immigration-Detention-Libya.pdf

Operating Period

Contact Information

City and region

Near Gharyan, North West

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Management and Services

Management Show sources

Name	Type	Observation date
Ministry of Interior, Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Governmental	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.

Outsourced services and non-state actors Show sources

Provider	Service	Observation date
Mixed Migration Working Group (UNHCR, IOM, MSF, DRC, IMC and other partner NGOs)	Health care	2017
UNHCR, "Libya, Detention Centres: Detention centres in which UNHCR and partners are carrying out activities," UNHCR, January 2017
Mixed Migration Working Group (UNHCR, IOM, MSF, DRC, IMC and other partner NGOs)	Social services	2017
UNHCR, "Libya, Detention Centres: Detention centres in which UNHCR and partners are carrying out activities," UNHCR, January 2017

Security

Detention timeframe

Demographics

Demographics Show sources

Name	Observation date
Adult men	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
Adult women	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
Unaccompanied minors	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
Accompanied minors	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
Adult men	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view
Adult women	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view
Unaccompanied minors	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Categories of detainees

Segregation

Gender segregation Show sources

Gender Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
Yes	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Age segregation Show sources

Age Segregation	Observation date
Yes	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
Yes	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Size and population

Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility) Show sources

Type	Capacity	Observation date
Standard capacity	2000	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view

Reported population at a specific time Show sources

Number	Observation date
933	2018
International Organisation for Migration (IOM), "Libya—Detention Centre Profile Generator (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018
550	2017
IOM "DTM Libya - Detention Centre Profile Generator June 2017". Accessible at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qpxdnv9nlWWHg0UkVqR1JmR3M/view
80	2014
Abdul-Wahab, Ashraf. “Prisoners at Gharian detention centre on hunger strike.” Libya Herald. 8 May 2014.
70	2013

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 (February 2018)," Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), February 2018

Deaths

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Custodial authority

Custodial authority Show sources

Agency	Ministry	Ministry Typology	Observation date
Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Ministry of the Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2014
Salah, Hanan (Human Rights Watch). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014.
Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)	Ministry of the Interior	Interior or Home Affairs	2013
Mughrabi, Magda (Amnesty International). Email exchanges with Mariette Grange of the Global Detention Project. November 2014 and January 2015.

Ownership

Budgetary information

Area of authority