Acknowledgements
Eva Cossé, Europe and Central Asia assistant researcher, and Rebecca Riddell, Europe and
Central Asia fellow, researched this report. Rebecca Riddell authored the report. The report
was edited by Eva Cossé and Judith Sunderland, Europe and Central Asia associate director,
and reviewed by Michael Garcia Bochenek, senior Children’s Rights counsel; Bill Frelick,
Refugee Rights Program director; and Philippe Dam, Europe and Central Asia advocacy
director, who contributed also to the recommendations. Aisling Reidy, senior legal advisor,
provided legal review and Tom Porteous, deputy program director, provided program review.
Production assistance was provided by Anže Močilnik, associate in the Europe and Central
Asia division; Myrto Tilianaki, communications and advocacy associate; Olivia Hunter,
publications associate; Fitzroy Hepkins, administrative manager; and José Martínez, senior
coordinator. The report was translated into Greek by Katerina Apostolaki. We would like to
thank the IKEA Stiftung for their generous support of this project.
We are very grateful to all of the organizations and individuals who supported this work,
facilitated interviews, and provided invaluable insight. Human Rights Watch thanks the
Hellenic Police officials and senior police officers that met with us and facilitated our access
to police stations and detention centers for this research. We thank the police officers at the
sites we visited for answering our questions and allowing us to interview detainees.
We are especially grateful to the children who generously shared their personal stories
with us.
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