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Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers
Discontinuation of use of the Pre-removal Detention Centers in Tavros
and Fylakio as well as the detention centers in Aliens Police Division
of Salonica.
Logistic support so that the facilities and equipment of the detention
centers are kept in good order.
Staffing of all detention centers with interpreters, social workers and
psychologists.
Full implementation of the legal framework concerning the conditions
in the Pre-removal Detention Centers.
Implementation of a medical screening system for entrants to a
Detention Center, monitoring of their health and provision of medical
care as well as adequate hygiene conditions in Detention Centers.
The organization and supervision of this system should be assigned
to independent authorities /entities with the additional advantage of
preventing instances of detainee abuse.
Provision of adequate food in terms of quantity, quality and nutritional
value, taking also into account the dietary needs of ill detainees.
Individualized assessment of all the arrested third-country nationals,
in order to identify vulnerable persons and those whose return is in
contrast to the principle of non-refoulement.
Use of detention only as a measure of last resort when alternative
measures cannot be exploited.
Implementation of the age assessment procedure provided in the
Joint Ministerial Decision No 1982/16.2.2016.
Prohibition of detention of seriously ill people.
Abolition of the administrative practice of evoking reasons of public
order as grounds for detention.
Abolition of the practice of re-arrest for the purpose of return despite
prolonged and ineffective previous detention when there is no
immediate prospect of return.
Provision of information to the detainees regarding their legal
status, the decisions that affect them, their rights and the impending
enforcement of the return decision in a language they understand.
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