In April 2018, the CPT visited Greek immigration detention facilities, including five dedicated immigration detention centres (pre-removal centres in Amygdaleza, Fylakio, Moria (Lesvos), and Pyli (Kos), as well as Fylakio Reception and Identification Centre) and seven police and border guard stations which can also detain migrants and asylum seekers (Drapetsona, Kolonos, and Omonia in Piraeus/ Athens and Feres, Isaakio, Neo Cheimonia, and Soufli in Evros). The CPT expressed serious concerns regarding the conditions and detention regimes in both dedicated detention centres and police and border guard stations. Most of these facilities were found to be unhygienic, in a poor state of repair, and did not offer sufficient bedding and lighting. Despite the CPT’s stance, non-citizens were frequently detained in police stations for extended periods. There were also reported instances of ill-treatment at the hands of guards and health care was inadequate.30 During his 2016 visit, the SRHRM visited the hotspots on Samos and Lesvos, Elliniko pre-removal centre (no longer in use, as of 2018), and Polykastro police station. The Special Rapporteur found that access with the outside world was difficult as mobile phones were confiscated, Elliniko centre did not offer adequate health care and activities, and the RICs offered inadequate conditions. In light of the concerns expressed by the Working Group in 2013 and other international monitoring bodies, the WGAD may wish to pay particular attention to issues of overcrowding; hygiene; provision of clean bedding and clothes; adequate food; separation of women and men, as well as children from unrelated adults; sufficient lighting; freedom of movement within the facility; outdoors time; and recreation activities. Detention conditions are of particular concern at: the Tavros (Petrou Ralli) PRDF, which according to the CPT, due to its “carceral design,” is “totally inadequate for holding irregular immigrants for short periods of time, let alone weeks or months”;31 the Thessaloniki Special holding facility for irregular migrants, known as “Metagogon” (Transfer) Centre, where a significant number of persons are detained for prolonged periods without being provided with any outdoor exercise;32 the sections for unaccompanied minors and families at the Amigdaleza PRDF; and the police stations in Athens and Thessaloniki region. As mentioned above, no doctor is present in Moria (Lesvos), Kos, and Paranesti (Drama) PRDF, as of October 2019. To facilitate the WGAD’s identification of facilities that are used for the purposes of immigration detention in Greece, this submission provides a non-exhaustive list of facilities that the GDP and/or the GCR have identified in the attached Annex. 30 European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), “Report to the Government of Greece on the Visit to Greece Carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 10 to 19 April 2018, CPT/Inf (2019) 4,” February 2019, https://rm.coe.int/1680930c9a European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), “Report to the Greek Government on the Visits to Greece Carried Out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 13 to 18 April and 19 to 25 July 2016, § 56, CPT/Inf (2017)25”; European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), “Report to the Greek Government on the Visit to Greece Carried Out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 14 to 23 April 2015, CPT/Inf (2016) 4.” 31 32 European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), “Report to the Greek Government on the Visits to Greece Carried Out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 13 to 18 April and 19 to 25 July 2016, § 57, CPT/Inf (2017)25.” GDP & GCR 2019 10