-6- For the purpose of investigating the complaints of ill-treatment concerning the foreigners in question, a sworn Administrative examination was conducted that revealed the following: - From the administrative examination of foreign detainees, both of those who claimed that had been ill-treated, as well as of others who had remained and their readmission had not been ordered, the complaints made with regard to ill-treatment by border guards were not affirmed. Some of the above mentioned detainees attributed their inquiries to their being banged against the inner walls of the body of the truck that transported them during the hot pursuit and prior to their arrest (M.S., K.R., K.K., Ah.B.), while others to an attempted escape from the place of detention in Venna on 28 or 29 August 2005, when they refused to conform to the instructions of the border guards to get back into the holding areas. This allegation, nevertheless, contradicts the forensic report drawn up by the Medical Doctor of Thrace in relation to the time of the inflictions of the bodily injuries. - According to the deposition made by three (3) of the persons who claimed that they had been victims of ill-treatment, namely of H.S., A.H. A and A.B., their complaints lodged with the Committee concerning their ill-treatment by police officers were made following a prior joint consultation between them and with a view to the Committee’s interfering for their being transported to Athens, where they had relatives and friends who would assist them in their departure for another country of Europe. - As far as complaints lodged about the ill-treatment of prisoners in the Border Guard stations of Soufli, Tychero, Iasmos and Ferres, these were not reaffirmed in the depositions, as there were neither information nor data that could be made use of. Whereas from the so conducted administrative examination no liability has arisen in respect of police officers or border guards, the case was placed on file in terms of disciplinary sanctions imposed. (3) Case of ill-treatment of foreign economic migrants at the Holding Facility for aliens in Mytilini. a) From 6 to 7 September 2005, members of the CPT delegation visited the Special Holding Facility for Aliens in Mytilini, where they were made recipients of complaints by two (2) economic immigrants residing in it, to the effect that in the beginning of August, a high ranking police official ill-treated them (by blows with a stick and kicks). b) In respect of the inquiry conducted into the case, a sworn Administrative Examination was carried out, whereby the following ensued: - - The persons claiming that they had been the victims of ill-treatment, apart from the fact that they were not referred to by name in the relevant document of the Committee, were not to be found at the Facility during the time of the conduct of the said inquiry, as the time of their stay in no case exceeded three months, a fact that could not possibly allow their examination (the persons who stayed at the Detention Centre the longest, first entered into it on 25 August 2005). None of the foreigners that were held at the Facility made any mention of complaints relating to the ill-treatment of any detained person by a police officer, nor something of the sort ever came to the knowledge of law enforcement officials. The foreigners,

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