Deportation & immigration detention statistics in Greece: first half 2025 Pressing need for legal aid Returns & deportations 11,402 Hellenic Police decisions: 4,962 return decisions (Return Directive) and 6,440 deportation decisions (derogation from the Directive). Main nationalities are Syria (2,029), Afghanistan (1,613), Egypt (1,239) and Albania (1,200). 2,658 returns of third-country nationals, of which 1,808 concern nationals of Albania and Georgia, not represented in arrivals via Evros and the Mediterranean Review of return & deportation orders 172 decisions challenged through an administrative appeal to the Hellenic Police (1.5%) 6.4% approval rate in appeals before the Hellenic Police Immigration detention 10,715 detention orders: 3,092 in return procedures (Return Direcrtive), 6,438 in deportation procedures (derogation from the Directive) and 1,185 in the asylum process (Reception Conditions Directive) 18,441 RIS “freedom restriction” orders, including 5,399 in RIC Malakasa 99.9% detention rate in deportation procedures 62.3% detention rate in return procedures Judicial review of detention 1,819 orders challenged through objections before administrative courts (17%) 50.2% approval rate in objections before administrative courts 0.6% rate of detention orders quashed in ex officio review by the same courts based on the same provisions Detention conditions 1,437 people detained in pre-removal centres as of 30 June 2025, of whom 158 Amygdaleza and 128 in Corinth. Main countries include Pakistan (387 detainees) and Egypt (314 detainees) 212 people detained in police stations as of 30 June 2025 RSA POLICY NOTE │ IMMIGRATION DETENTION | SEP 2025 1