Capacity of pre-removal detention centres (2025) 1212 Centre Region Capacity Amygdaleza Attica 1,000 Tavros (Petrou Ralli) Attica 200 Corinth Peloponnese 1,344 Paranesti, Drama Thrace 310 Xanthi Thrace 210 Fylakio, Orestiada Thrace 232 Kos Dodecanese 100 Total 3,496 To the above it is added the Special Detention Facility of Sintiki (Serres) established in mid 2025, with a capacity of 751 detention places. As noted, this was established in part of the Controlled Temporary Reception Centre Sintiki and placed under the competence of the Hellenic Police for the purposes of implementing the Greek Government’s decision to suspend access to asylum for persons arriving by sea from North Africa, pursuant to Article 79 L. 5218/2025.1213 In addition, another 558 persons, all of whom had expressed their will to apply for asylum, were administratively detained in the Special Detention Facility of Sintiki (Serres),1214 which was established in part of the Controlled Temporary Reception Centre Sintiki and placed under the competence of the Hellenic Police for the purposes of implementing the Greek Government’s decision to suspend access to asylum for persons arriving by sea from North Africa, pursuant to Article 79 L. 5218/2025. 1.2. Police stations Despite public statements from the Greek authorities committing to phase out detention in police stations and other holding facilities, third-country nationals including asylum applicants and unaccompanied children were also detained in police stations and special holding facilities during 2025. As confirmed by the Directorate of the Hellenic Police, on 31 December 2025, a total of 265 third country nationals (TCNs), 15 of whom had expressed their will to apply for asylum, were administratively detained in police stations and other holding facilities under the competence of the Police.1215 In October 2025, the ECtHR found inter alia a violation of article 3 ECHR in the case of B.F. v. Greece (App. No. 59816/13), which concerned an asylum applicant who had remained detained for a period of more than two months at the Kolonos police station; “a facility”, as noted by the Court, “which, in terms of its design, lacked amenities required for prolonged periods of detention”.1216 As explained in Grounds for Detention, detention is also de facto applied in mainland RICs and Closed Control Access Centres of the Aegean Islands. 2. Conditions in detention facilities Indicators: Conditions in Detention Facilities 1. Do detainees have access to health care in practice? Yes ❖ If yes, is it limited to emergency health care? Yes 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 Limited No Information provided by the Directorate of the Hellenic Police, 16 January 2025. Ibid. & Reply to Parliamentary Question No 1351/21-11-2025, https://tinyurl.com/tf65bnhw. Information provided by the Directorate of the Hellenic Police, 6 March 2026. Information provided by the Directorate of the Hellenic Police, 6 March 2026. ECtHR, CASE OF B.F. v. GREECE (Application no. 59816/13), para. 50. 244 No