MSF Substandard and degrading detention centre – it is a stable for animals.” 28-year-old conditions man, seven months in detention Physical conditions in detention facilities for migrants • remain largely substandard, despite the availability of European funding and small improvements in some facilities . 12 “Komotini detention centre is not a good place even for animals. It is very dirty. The toilets are not Sanitary conditions are substandard as maintenance, cleaning services and distribution of personal hygiene items are completely or almost non-existent. In some facilities there is no or insufficient provision of hot water. In the pre-removal centre in Komotini, malfunctioning hygiene facilities have not been repaired for almost a year. As a result, working. The piping system is broken. Excrement waste from the toilets on the first floor is flooding the is falling from the toilets on the first floor to the bathrooms on the ground floor, contaminating the ground floor. People are locked up inside almost area and making more than three-quarters of the all day. We are allowed in the yard one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. And not always every day. Komotini is not a detention |10 latrines and showers unusable. • Limited access to sanitary facilities is a problem for migrants detained in Feres border police station in