Many detention centres, particularly in Tripoli, continue to be located in or near conflict areas. To date 38 detainees remain held in the detention centre, which is located in south-west Tripoli. 26 April 2019: Refugees and migrants in Qasr Bin Gashir detention centre are shot at and injured. There are currently 4,400 people trapped in Libyan detention centres (UNHCR) where they are held indefinitely and without trial. The migrants, refugees and asylum seekers arrive on foot, with nothing but the clothes they are wearing, often exhausted and disorientated.

Source: Libya Today December 19, 2019 09:22 UTC