Decisions on objections by administrative court: 2022
Granted
Rejected
Source: Ministry of Justice, Reply to parliamentary question, 23 March 2023
Striking disparities persisted in 2022 between the objections procedure and ex officio
review of prolongation of detention orders, even though both categories of detention
review are based on the same standards.
Ex officio review of detention: 2022
Asylum
Returns
Release rate
Release
Approval
Release
Approval
Athens
1
234
6
493
0.9%
Corinth
5
4,064
0
0
0.1%
Kavala
4
913
0
116
0.4%
Piraeus
1
98
1
113
0.9%
Rhodes
0
20
1
52
1.4%
Others
0
499
2
62
0.4%
Total
11
5,828
10
836
0.3%
Source: Ministry of Justice, Reply to parliamentary question, 23 March 2023
The above figures show evident discrepancies in the different mechanisms established
for judicial review of detention. Whereas the administrative courts quashed 40% of
detention orders challenged through objections, they only found 0.3% of ex officio
reviewed orders to be unlawful.
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