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: Adult men, Accompanied minors

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1000
356

30 September 2023

YES

2023

Libya

1,552

Refugees

42,908

Asylum Applications

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FACILITY NAMES
Triq al Seka 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 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, IOM, DRC and CIR

Service Social services

2017

Provider UNHCR (IMC)

Service Health care

2017

Provider CIR (Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati)

Service Food 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 Adult men

2023

Name Accompanied minors

2023

Name Adult women

2018

Name Unaccompanied minors

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2018

Name Adult men

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2017

Name Unaccompanied minors

2017

Name Adult women

2017

Name Adult men

2017
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Chad

Country #2 Niger

Country #3 Sudan

Country #4 Nigeria

Country #5 Egypt

2023
At-Risk Populations

At-Risk Population 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

Reported Overpopulation Yes

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Ventilation

2023

Bedding and clothing

2023

Access to clean drinking water

2023

Access to clean drinking water

2021

Showers and toilets

2021

Outdoor exercise

2021

Ventilation

2021

Overcrowding

2018

Medical care

2018

Food provision

2018

Hygiene

2018

Ventilation

2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2023

Yes

2018

Yes

2017
Age Segregation

Yes

2023

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

2023

At least once a week

2021
Psychologist Visits

No regular visits

2021
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate ventilation
2023
Health Impacts
Health Impacts
Obvs. Date
Illness
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

No

2023
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

2023

No

2021
Internet Access

No

2023