The main countries of origin of people placed in immigration detention in the first half of 2025 were Syria (1,988), Afghanistan (1,565) and Egypt (1,413): Main nationalities subject to immigration detention: first half 2025 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 Deportation (L 3386/2005) rg G eo la Ba ng ia sh de ye ki Le ra er Si Return (L 3907/2011) Tü r e on ea itr Er n da Su ia al m So ki Pa Al ba ni st an a t yp Eg is an Af gh Sy ri a ta n 0 Asylum (L 4939/2022) Source: Ministry of Citizen Protection, Reply to parliamentary question, 25 Aug 2025 Pre-removal detention is conditioned upon the existence of a reasonable prospect of removal from Greece. However, pre-removal detention was imposed against people from Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Sudan or Eritrea without a prospect of removal to their country of origin or to Türkiye. We recall that the percentage of positive Asylum Service decisions remain extremely high and close to 100% for several of the above countries. Judicial review of detention 1,819 objections against detention were lodged in the first half of 2025, corresponding to 17% of the total number of detention orders. Therefore, less than one out of five detention orders were challenged in court. The aforementioned obstacles to accessibility of the administrative appeal against return and deportation decisions, coupled with the complete absence of free legal assistance, adversely affect the effectiveness of access to the objections remedy as well. The vast majority of objections against detention were lodged before the Administrative Court of Athens (1,123), far ahead of the Administrative Courts of Corinth (175), Piraeus (157) and Thessaloniki (96). 50.2% of objections against detention examined by the administrative courts on the merits in the first half of 2025 were granted: RSA POLICY NOTE │ IMMIGRATION DETENTION | SEP 2025 6