Detention orders by category: 2023 3634 10245 10295 Return (Return Directive) Deportation (derogation) Asylum (Reception Conditions Directive) Source: Ministry of Citizen Protection, Reply to parliamentary question, 16 Apr 2024 Official statistics confirm yet again that Greece applies pre-removal detention in removal procedures systematically and not as a measure of last resort in line with international, EU and domestic law. In fact, deprivation of liberty is an almost automatic adjunct to deportation orders issued under L 3386/2005 in derogation from Return Directive safeguards. 96,4% deportation orders were accompanied by detention, whereas the detention rate in return decisions issued under L 3907/2011 was 53.4%: Detention in return & deportation procedures: 2023 Deportation 10295 Return 10245 With detention 386 8943 Without detention Source: Ministry of Citizen Protection, Reply to parliamentary question, 16 Apr 2024 Detention with no prospect of removal The primary nationality of people placed in immigration detention in 2023 was Pakistan (4,390), followed by Albania (2,190), Afghanistan (1,985), Syria (1,966) and Somalia (1,798): RSA POLICY NOTE │ IMMIGRATION DETENTION | MAY 2024 6