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The visitors communicate with the administrative inmate aliens in special visitation rooms that are
designed to fulfill the prescribed terms and conditions of security, whilst at the same time it allows
the convenient communication of the inmate with the visitor.
The visitation days and hours are determined by order of the prison chiefs. The right to provide
legal aid has been stipulated in every stage of criminal and administrative procedure, based on the
provisions of the national legislation.
Every inmate alien is entitled to be visited by his/her lawyer. The duration of the communication of
the lawyer with the inmate alien whom he/she represents is not subject to time limitations, besides
those imposed for the compliance with the security measures and rules of good operation of the
prison.
Especially for the alien citizens, the Services in charge of issuing the decisions of return, are required to
furnish information and any possible assistance to the alien applying for legal counseling, representation
by a lawyer and speech assistance, in order to exercise his rights. For this reason, he is granted an
«Information Form» in languages used and understood by the third country citizens.
Besides the foregoing, we are bringing to your notice that within the Asylum, Migration and Integration
Fund (AMIF), we are in consultations to implement the action «free provision of legal support» for the
aliens that are held in the Pro.Ke.K.A.s. In particular, the provision of legal support/protection will concern
the administrative differences resulting from or regarding the:
-filing of objections against the administrative detention or lodging of appeal against the
administrative decision of return and
-lodging of appeal against the rejecting decision or filing of petition for suspension-cancellation of
an administrative decision of return.
In addition, representatives of the Hellenic Council for Refugees (E.S.P.) have a day-to-day access to the
detention areas and communicate with the illegal immigrants, with the purpose of providing those who
wish so with legal aid and representation in the procedure of asylum. It is noted that the same occurs with
representatives of other agencies involved in the issue of immigration and human rights, such as the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) as well as other Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). In particular, during 2017,
our Office (D,D.M.) granted 292 permissions for access-entrance into areas of administrative detention
of aliens, to International and European audit structures, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs),
Associations and Agencies (some of the authorisations concern multiple visits), whilst for the next 9
months of this year (2018), the number of the respective permissions runs into 224.
The aliens arrested in the borders and in other territories of our country undergo precautionary
examination by doctors, and in cases of health problems, in care of the local Services, they are
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