Schengen evaluation carried out in 2021 and will not hesitate to launch, if appropriate,
infringement proceedings.”23
Ineffective judicial review
Objections against detention:
2021
Automatic judicial review of
detention: 2021
58
1095
1538
8434
Dismissed
Approved
Upheld
Quashed
Administrative courts rejected 1,538 and approved 1,095 objections against detention
in 2021. The majority of decisions were taken by the Administrative Courts of Athens
(830), Corinth (610), Kavala (252) and Piraeus (244).24
Objections against detention in main Administrative Courts: 2021
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Athens
Corinth
Piraeus
Kavala
Dismissed
Approved
Thessaloniki
Rhodes
In the context of ex officio detention review during the same period, however, the
administrative courts upheld 8,434 detention orders and quashed only 58. Most ex
23
24
European Commission, Reply to parliamentary question P-005159/2021, 19 January 2022,
available at: https://bit.ly/37OfYKp.
Ministry of Justice, Reply to parliamentary question, 43/2022, 11 March 2022, available at:
https://bit.ly/3N43ePN.
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