Notes 39. This is commonly referred to as the “white paper.” 40. Principle 24 of the Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment : UN General Assembly resolution 43/173, adopted on 9 December 1988. 41. Article 18 and 19 of the Internal Regulation for the Operation of General Detention Facilities (Ministerial Decision 58819/2003). 42. Norredam, M., Mygind A., Krasnik A. (2005). Access to healthcare for asylum seekers in the European Union – a comparative study of country policies. The European Journal of Public Advance Access published October 17, 2005. 43. Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Report on the implementation in the European Union of Directive 2003/9/EC laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers and refugees: visits by the Committee on Civil Liberties 20052008, 27.1.2009. 44. In Rodopi region a psychologist was only appointed at the end of April 2010, as part of the medical team that visits detention facilities for migrants in the region, including Venna detention center. A psychologist is also available in Samos detention center. However there are no interpreters to work with the psychologists. 45. An exploratory mission in the detention centers indicated that unmet needs were higher in these three settings. 46. Play therapy activities included outdoor games and sports activities as well as listening to music, singing, dancing, painting, craftwork and other recreational activities, most of which were team-based. 47. Leaflets were distributed in the main languages spoken by the migrants. The leaflets included information about free services (medical care, legal support, food and non food items distributions) that migrants and asylum seekers can access once out of detention. 48. In addition, 79 group sessions and 258 play therapy sessions were held. 49. MSF (2005). Mental health guidelines: a handbook for implementing mental health programmes in areas of mass violence. p.119. 50. Cutler S. and S. Ceneda (2004). “They took me away”: women’s experiences of immigration detention 31 in the UK, Asylum Aid; Steel Z. and D. M. Silove (2001). The mental health impact implications of detaining asylum seekers, The Medical Journal of Australia, pp.596-599. 51. Pourgourides, C.K., 1996, cited in Cutler S. and S. Ceneda (2004). “They took me away”: women’s experiences of immigration detention in the UK. Asylum Aid, p. 69. 52. Steel Z. and D. M. Silove (2001). The mental health impact implications of detaining asylum seekers. The Medical Journal of Australia, pp. 596-599. 53. Article 13 of Presidential Decree 90/11.07.2008: Adjusting Greek legislation to the provisions of Directive 2005/85/EC of the Council of 1st December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in member states for granting and withdrawing refugee status. 54. Article 20 of Presidential Decree 220/13.11.2007: Adjusting Greek legislation to the provisions of Directive 2003/9/EC regarding the minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers in Member States. 55. Guideline 8 of UNHCR Guidelines on applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum Seekers, 1999. 56. According to Article 2 Presidential Decree 90/11.07.2008: Adjusting Greek legislation to the provisions of Directive 2005/85/EC of the Council of 1st December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in member states for granting and withdrawing refugee status: “Unaccompanied minor” is any person under 18 years of age, who arrives in Greece or is being abandoned in Greece without being escorted by an adult responsible for his/her care, by law or custom. 57. Article 3 Convention on the Rights of Child: UN General Assembly resolution 44/25, adopted on 20 November 1989. 58. Human Rights Watch, Greece: Left to Survive, Systematic Failure to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Greece, December 2008, p.28 [hereafter quoted as HRW, Greece: Left to Survive]. 59. HRW, Greece: Left to Survive, p. 10. 60. Article 19 of Presidential Decree 220/13.11.2007: Adjusting Greek legislation to the provisions of Directive 2003/9/EC of the Council 27th January 2003 on minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers in Member States.