Zuwarah

Zuwarah Detention Centre (زوارة)

Status

Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration

Governmental

Type: 2020 (In use)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration (Ministry of Interior)

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

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
No Data
No Data
No Data
Libya

8,672

Migration Detainee Entries (2018)

12,000

Reported Population (Single Day) (2022)

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FACILITY NAMES
Zuwarah Detention Centre (زوارة)
Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Zuwarah, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 32.938242, 12.063675

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2020

Status In use

2019

Status In use

2018

Status In use

2017

Status Closed/ceased migrant detention

2015

Status In use

2009
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2009
Management

Name Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration

Type Governmental

2018
Custodial Authorities

Agency Departments of Anti-Infiltration and Illegal Immigration

Ministry Ministry of Interior

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2009
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider IOM

Service Social services

2017

Provider IOM

Service Health care

2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2018

Name Adult women

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2018

Name Unaccompanied minors

2018
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2009

SIZE & POPULATION

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

Number 430

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2009

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2018
Age Segregation

Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access

Yes

International Organization for Migration

2018

Yes

UN High Commissioner for Refugees

2018

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