Tripoli

Triq al Seka Detention Center

Libya

Status

In use

2021

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration (Governmental)

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

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1000
586

25 July 2021

YES

2021

Libya

1,552

Refugees

42,908

Asylum Applications

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FACILITY NAMES
Triq al Seka Detention Center
Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Tripoli, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 32.877049, 13.196427

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2020

Status Last documented use

2018

Status In use

2017
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2018
Management

Name Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration

Type Governmental

2018

Name Ministry of the Interior, Department for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM)

Type Governmental

2016
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider IOM & DRC

Service Telephone services

2017

Provider UNHCR (IMC)

Service Health care

2017

Provider CIR (Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati)

Service Food services

2017

Provider UNHCR, IOM, DRC and CIR

Service Social services

2017

Provider Mixed Migration Working Group (UNHCR, IOM, MSF, DRC, IMC and other partner NGOs)

Service Social services

2017

Provider Mixed Migration Working Group (UNHCR, IOM, MSF, DRC, IMC and other partner NGOs)

Service Health care

2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2018

Name Adult women

2018

Name Adult men

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2017

Name Unaccompanied minors

2017

Name Adult women

2017

Name Adult men

2017

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
586
25 July 2021
215
25 April 2021
1094
29 September 2020
1200
29 July 2018
510
2 June 2017
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Reported Overpopulation Yes

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Access to clean drinking water

2021

Showers and toilets

2021

Outdoor exercise

2021

Ventilation

2021

Medical care

2018

Food provision

2018

Hygiene

2018

Ventilation

2018

Overcrowding

2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2018

Yes

2017
Age Segregation

Yes

2018

Yes

2017

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Yes

2021
Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2021
Psychologist Visits

No regular visits

2021

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access
Access?
Type of Institution
Obsv. Date
Yes
International Organization for Migration
2018
Yes
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
2018

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

No

2021