old boy from Pakistan, said, “The blankets are full of dust and it’s causing problems. I have allergies and my body is getting spots.”29 Children said that the drinking water smelled bad, and that the only way to get clean drinking water was to purchase it from the police. The police commander at the station told Human Rights Watch that recently, as many as 23 children were detained in a cell with a capacity of ten. He said, “We do everything it’s possible to do, but the place is not suitable for children.”30 Children described other police stations as extremely unhygienic and overcrowded. Babrak K., 16, said that prior to being transferred to the police station in Filiates where Human Rights Watch spoke to him, he spent five days detained in a nearby police station in a windowless, vermin-infested basement cell.31 He said that four people shared three mattresses on the floor, and that the toilet in the cell had no door. Babrak said that there was very little food, and that the food provided was thrown into the cell through a small slot in the door. He said that because detainees were not provided with cups, he resorted to drinking water from a discarded food container. Children also described appalling conditions and a lack of access to mattresses and hygiene at the Igoumenitsa Coast Guard facility. In 2014, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment said that conditions at the facility “could be described as amounting to cruel and degrading treatment,” and that the facility was “totally unsuitable for holding unaccompanied minors.”32 At the Filiates police station, Human Rights Watch interviewed five children who said they had been detained at the facility, three of whom said they were detained in the same cell as adults. Javed S., a 16-year-old boy from Afghanistan, said of his time at the same facility: 29 Human Rights Watch interview with Saif D., Mygdonia Border Guard Station, Thessaloniki, June 30, 2016. 30 Human Rights Watch interview with Iordanis Chatzilazaridis, police commander, Mygdonia Border Guard Station, Thessaloniki, June 27, 2016. 31 Human Rights Watch interview with Babrak K., Filiates Police Station, Filiates, July 1, 2016. 32 European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, “Report to the Greek Government on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 4 to 16 April 2013,” CPF/Inf (2014) 26, Strasbourg, October 16, 2014, http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/grc/2014-26-inf-eng.pdf, p. 32 (accessed August 4, 2016). 17 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | SEPTEMBER 2016