GREECE IRREGULAR MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS ROUTINELY DETAINED IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS 49 On allegations of ill-treatment Conduct prompt, impartial and comprehensive investigations into all allegations of illtreatment and torture of refugees and asylum-seekers and irregular migrants by law enforcement officials.
Ensure the existence of confidential mechanisms allowing detained migrants to make a request or complaint regarding their treatment, in particular in case of physical and psychological abuse, to the authorities responsible for the administration of the place of detention and to higher authorities and, when necessary, to judicial authorities;
On nationality determination procedures Ensure clarity in the legal framework of cooperation between Greek authorities and Frontex so that administrative decisions that are taken within this framework can be subject to review.
On deportation Repeal Article 76(1)(c) of Law 3386/2005 which provides for the administrative deportation of foreign nationals solely on the grounds that they have been prosecuted for an offence punishable by a minimum term of imprisonment of three months.
Ensure that irregular migrants facing deportation are informed in a language that they understand of the content of the police notices requesting them to leave the country within 30 days the minute the notices are given.
Ensure that deportation procedures contain adequate procedural safeguards, including the ability to challenge individually the decision to deport, access to competent interpretation services and legal counsel, and access to a review, ideally a judicial review, of a negative decision.

Immediately stop and investigate the practice whereby irregular migrants are given predated release forms, with an earlier date of release Index: EUR 25/002/2010 Amnesty International July 2010