Figure 4: A map of sites where foreigners may be detained across Greece14
The ambivalence and confusion over what constitutes immigration detention and the
enforced elusiveness of the sites (Aitken, 2018), could partly explain the academic lacuna
about the practice in Greece. While there have been varying accounts of successful and
The map collects immigration detention facilities from a number of sources, including my own research,
and investigative work done by Global Detention Project, the CPT and other researchers. Some of the sites
on the map have now been closed but I included them to show the proliferation of the use of detention over
the years in Greece. I am certain that others may exist too, as some of the unofficial facilities reported by
immigrants have not been located by the organisations that spoke to them. So, this cannot be an exhaustive
list (see Annex 1).
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