Our Findings Mobile Info Team spoke with 14 people who have been detained in Amygdaleza PRDC in the past. A small population of women are detained in Amygdaleza, separately from men, however, we only obtained one interview with an Iranian woman who was held in Amygdaleza PRDC. Therefore, 13 of our interviewees were male, between the ages of 20 and 47, with some of unknown ages. Despite there being a separate holding facility for minors, three interviewees specifically reported the presence of alleged minors in Amygdaleza. The nationalities of people who we interviewed varied, and included people from Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Morocco and Syria. Syria We spoke to 14 men between the ages of 20-47 years old who were detained in Amygdaleza at some point since 2020 from the following countries of origin: Unknown Afghanistan Morocco 1 1 1 Egypt 1 1 Iraq Pakistan 3 2 2 2 Iran Kurdistan Detainees reported being held in Amygdaleza between just two days and ten months, with an average of five months. Most detainees were apprehended in Athens on the grounds of being undocumented or having expired documents - often without being informed of their situation or rights - with four people being transferred to other PRDCs after their time in Amygdaleza. More than 50% of interviewees who are or have been detained in Amygdaleza had tried to claim asylum since being in Greece, majoritarily whilst detained in Amygdaleza PRDC. Only three people we interviewed claimed to have access to counselling, information or representation from a lawyer, which were organised privately thus paying up to 2,000 euros. Translation issues were reported, although the situation was significantly better than in Corinth PRDC. One individual described being unable to claim asylum for four months when he was in Amygdaleza, despite expressing his will multiple times, and several others pointed to the severe lack of information communicated to them concerning their legal status, the reasons that they were detained and the period of time that they would be held for. This led to a considerable number of people communicating the high levels of stress in detention, causing deterioration of the mental wellbeing of detainees. Source: Amygdaleza PRDC, MIT respondent There is one person who had been in detention for 22 months. So when newly people arrive in the jail, when we asked how much time are you here? When we tell them that one person is in the jail since 22 months, we had so much fear, tension and depression. Imran, Amygdaleza There was none like there was no translator. There is no lawyer. There is no legal counsellor. Azhar, Amygdaleza 17