Tripoli

Triq al Seka (Triq al Sika / Tariq al-Sikkah) Detention Center

Libya

Status

In use

2026

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: General Administration for Combating Irregular Migration (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1000
356

30 September 2023

YES

2023

Libya

17

Dedicated Detention Centres

200,335

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
Triq al Seka (Triq al Sika / Tariq al-Sikkah) Detention Center

Alternative Names: Triq al Sika

Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Tripoli, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 32.877049, 13.196427

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2026
In use
2025
In use
2024
In use
2023
In use
2021
In use
2020
Last documented use
2018
In use
2017
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2026
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2018
Management
Management
Type
Year
General Administration for Combating Irregular Migration
Governmental
2025
Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration
Governmental
2018
Ministry of the Interior, Department for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM)
Governmental
2016
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
IOM & DRC
Telephone services
2017
UNHCR (IMC)
Health care
2017
CIR (Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati)
Food services
2017
UNHCR, IOM, DRC and CIR
Social services
2017
Mixed Migration Working Group (UNHCR, IOM, MSF, DRC, IMC and other partner NGOs)
Health care
2017
Mixed Migration Working Group (UNHCR, IOM, MSF, DRC, IMC and other partner NGOs)
Social services
2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2025

Accompanied minors

2025

Adult women

2025

Adult men

2025

Adult men

2023

Accompanied minors

2023

Unaccompanied minors

2018

Accompanied minors

2018

Adult women

2018

Adult men

2018

Adult men

2017

Adult women

2017

Unaccompanied minors

2017

Accompanied minors

2017
Categories of detainees

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2025

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2025

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Chad

Country #2 Niger

Country #3 Sudan

Country #4 Nigeria

Country #5 Egypt

2023
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2025

Accompanied children

2025

Unaccompanied children

2025

Refugees

2025

Accompanied children

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2020

Capacity 1000

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
356
30 September 2023
586
25 July 2021
215
25 April 2021
1094
29 September 2020
1200
29 July 2018
510
2 June 2017
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
355
30 September 2023
Number of children (under 18) detained on single day
Number
Date
1
30 September 2023
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Yes

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2026

Score Deficient (“Deficient” or “At Risk”)

2023
Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2021
2021
2021
2021
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description “[M]igrants, asylum seekers and refugees including children, [are] arbitrarily held in inhumane conditions rife with human rights violations, including torture and ill-treatment, forced labour, and extortion.”

Report date (Month) February

Report date (Year) 2026

2026

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

2023

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2023

Gender Segregation Yes

2018

Gender Segregation Yes

2017
Age Segregation

Age Segregation Yes

2023

Age Segregation Yes

2018

Age Segregation Yes

2017

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2023

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2021
Doctor on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2023

Frequency At least once a week

2023

Frequency At least once a week

2021
Nurse on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2023
Psychologist Visits

Frequency No regular visits

2023

Frequency No regular visits

2021
Inadequate health provisions
Inadequate Health Provisions
Obvs. Date
Health screeningsDoctorsPsychological care
2023
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate ventilation
2023
Health Impacts
Health Impacts
Obvs. Date
Illness
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Lawyer Access No

2023
Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Year
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2024
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2023
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2018
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2018

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Access to Telephones No

2023

Access to Telephones No

2021
Internet Access

Internet Access No

2023
Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones No

2023