NPM practice This is the first time that the NPM has inspected the airport facility. The Greek NPM viewed all parts of the centre. Their conversations with detainees, however, were rarely private. Instead, they usually occurred in the hearing of the police who stayed in close proximity. It was not possible, under these circumstances, to obtain a reliable sense of how the men were treated, and most conversations lacked depth or structure. Due to funding restraints, the NPM had no interpreters accompanying them. While they attempt to overcome communication barriers, by handing out leaflets about the Ombudsman’s office and the complaints process in English, they do not take note of specific issues or cases raised on the monitoring visit[40]. Instead, during most of the interactions with detainees, the NPM focused on cases and reasons for detention. The monitoring visit lasted only two and a half hours, including a lengthy meeting with the facility director at the end. The team spent about one and a half hours in detainee areas. They raised a number of cases with managers, but during the final meeting with the head of airport police, the focus was on his concerns rather than on findings from the NPM team. Notwithstanding all the problems they had witnessed, the only concern they raised related to access to outdoor space. This final meeting with the director should be a time to press for solutions. More could be done with it. [40] These leaflets were not given out at Petrou Ralli. 24