FORGOTTEN
Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers
In the Asylum Service:
• Serious delays in registering and processing of prisoners’
asylum claims
• Recommendations to the police authorities on the detention
of asylum seekers, have a standard and not binding wording,
which results in the police authorities continuing to determine
exclusively about the detention of the applicants.
4. Unaccompanied minors are still being detained due to lack of open
accommodation facilities and due to deficiencies in age definition
procedures and in identification of unaccompanied minors.
ii. RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THE GREEK AUTHORITIES
General Recommendations
Full implementation of the prescribed first reception procedures not
only at the entry points but also within the mainland.
Full compliance with CPT recommendations regarding detention
conditions.
Full implementation of the legal framework on the procedures of
administrative detention and return.
Abolition of the administrative detention of unaccompanied minors
and seriously ill people.
Special Recommendations
TO THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
DIVISION OF PUBLIC ORDER AND PROTECTION OF CITIZENS
(HELLENIC POLICE)
Discontinuation of use of police stations for holding administrative
detainees over 48 hours.
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