Tariq Al Matar, Tripoli

Hamza (Tariq Al Matar) Detention Center

Libya

Status

In use

2024

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM) (Governmental)

Detains: Unaccompanied minors, Adult men

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
1600
1700

28 August 2018

YES

2023

Libya

14

Dedicated Detention Centres

1,552

Refugees

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FACILITY NAMES
Hamza (Tariq Al Matar) Detention Center
Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Tariq Al Matar, Tripoli, Africa

Latitude, Longitude: 32.757155, 13.142723

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
Last documented use
2018
In use
2017
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2018
Management
Management
Type
Year
Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM)
Governmental
2018
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Provider
Service
Year
IOM and UNHCR
Social services
2017
Mixed Migration Working Group (UNHCR, IOM, MSF, DRC, IMC and other partner NGOs)
Health care
2017

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2024

Name Adult men

2024

Name Adult women

2018

Name Adult men

2018

Name Accompanied minors

2018

Name Unaccompanied minors

2018

Name Adult men

2017

Name Adult women

2017

Name Unaccompanied minors

2017

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1600

2017
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
1700
28 August 2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Protection from Physical Violence

2023

Official registry of detainees

2018

Medical care

2017

Access to internet

2017

Outdoor exercise

2017

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2023

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2018
Age Segregation

Yes

2018

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

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

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