Detention centre

Kufra (Kufrah/ Alkufra) Detention Centre (Detention Camp for Illegal Immigrants) (الكفرة الجوف)

Status

In use

2026

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM), Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration

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?
250	335 31 December 2025	YES 2026

Capacity

Reported population

Conditions complaints?

250

335

31 December 2025

YES

2026

FACILITY NAMES

Kufra (Kufrah/ Alkufra) Detention Centre (Detention Camp for Illegal Immigrants) (الكفرة الجوف)

Alternative Names: Al kufra

Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Kufra, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 24.184672, 23.275175

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status

Year

In use

2026

In use

2025

In use

2024

In use

2023

In use

2021

In use

2020

In use

2019

In use

2018

Temporarily closed

2017

In use

2017

Closed/ceased migrant detention

2016

In use

2015

In use

2009

Facility type

Category

Type

Year

Administrative

Immigration detention centre

2021

Administrative

Immigration detention centre

2009

Management

Management

Type

Year

General Administration for Combating Irregular Migration

Governmental

2025

Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM)

Governmental

2018

Police

Governmental

2009

Custodial Authorities

Agency

Ministry

Ministry type

Year

Department for Combating Illegal Immigration (DCIM)

Ministry of the Interior

Interior or Home Affairs

2015

Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration

Ministry of Interior

Interior or Home Affairs

2009

Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider

Service

Year

UNHCR (IMC)

Health care

2017

UNHCR (IMC)

Social services

2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2025

Accompanied minors

2025

Adult women

2025

Adult men

2025

Adult men

2023

Adult women

2023

Accompanied minors

2023

Adult men

2018

Adult women

2018

Adult men

2017

Adult men

2009

Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2025

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2025

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

Countries of Origin

Country #1 Sudan

Country #2 Eritrea

Country #3 Ethiopia

Country #4 Somalia

Country #5 Chad

2023

Country #1 Chad

Country #2 Sudan

2023

Country #1 Sudan

Country #2 Chad

Country #3 Nigeria

Country #4 Ghana

Country #5 Ethiopia

2020

At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2025

Accompanied children

2025

Unaccompanied children

2025

Refugees

2025

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 250

2017

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 600

2009

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)

Number

Date

335

31 December 2025

440

24 September 2023

207

31 January 2023

197

25 July 2021

331

25 April 2021

229

30 March 2021

30 March 2020

285

16 January 2020

26 August 2018

174

8 June 2017

130

31 May 2007

Number of men detained on single day

Number

Date

324

24 September 2023

153

31 January 2023

265

16 January 2020

Number of women detained on single day

Number

Date

24 September 2023

31 January 2023

Number of children (under 18) detained on single day

Number

Date

115

24 September 2023

31 January 2023

16 January 2020

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Overall Inspection Score

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

2026

Inadequate conditions

Inadequate Conditions

Obvs. Date

2026

2025

2024

2023

2021

2020

2018

2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2009

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description Harrowing accounts of sexual violence, exploitation, and torture.

Report date (Month) February

Report date (Year) 2026

2026

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description “Five girls, aged between 14 and 17, were raped several times in 2024 and 2025, in al-Kufra trafficking hubs and in Tripoli."

Report date (Year) 2025

2025

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2023

Gender Segregation Yes

2021

Gender Segregation Yes

2018

Age Segregation

Age Segregation No

2023

Age Segregation No

2021

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

Outdoor Space Yes

2023

Outdoor Space Yes

2020

HEALTH

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours)

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2023

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) No

2021

Medical Screening upon Arrival (within 48 hours) Yes

2020