58 GREECE IRREGULAR MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS ROUTINELY DETAINED IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS 120 See also Article 20 of PD 220/2007 stipulating that victims of torture or violence who have applied for asylum should be sent on immediately to a specialized unit in order to receive support and necessary treatment. 121 op.cit. 122 Such standards include the provision of medical care similar to that provided to the rest of the population (Article 28), the obligation of the prison’s management to ensure the hygiene of the facility and provide detainees with hygiene products (Article 25), the obligation of the authorities to provide detainees with food of appropriate standard (Article 32) and allowing detainees for at least an hour of outside exercise each day (Article 36). 123 Article 5 (1) of Joint Ministerial Decision No. 4000/4/46−A determining the details for the execution of judicial and administrative deportation orders. 124 In Attika, holding facilities exist in Petrou Ralli and Aspropyrgos. Reference is made to the Attika Prefecture because it encompasses detention facilities in Athens and areas close by. 125 In November 2009 Amnesty International received reports that the centre’s dormitories were being used by the prefecture authorities for accommodating irregular migrants arriving on the island prior to their transfer to the immigration detention centre in Chios. In April 2010, Amnesty International received reports that conditions at the centre were inadequate, with women and men sleeping in the same dormitories and in unhygienic conditions. In June 2010, Amnesty International received reports that the police authorities resumed the external and internal guarding of the centre. 126 Press Release, Ministry of Citizens’ Protection, 23 October 2009, at http://www.yptp.gr. 127 Article 81(1) of Law 3386/2005 stipulates that the special centres will be established by a Joint Decision of the Minister of Interior, Economy and Finance, the Minister of Health and Solidarity and the Minister of Public Order, which shall also determine the standards and terms of operations of the centres. 128 Summary of the Working Group’s proposals on centres of first reception and identification, 14 April 2010, at http://www.yptp.gr. 129 Article 81 (1) of Law 3386/2005. 130 CPT/Inf/2009/20. 131 During Amnesty International’s second visit in December 2009, the authorities informed the delegates that they had moved the water cooler away from the drain. 132 Interview with Eftyhia Sarri, social worker, 18 September 2009. 133 Amnesty International delegates visited the Mersinidiou facility on 18 December 2009, which at that time held approximately 30 irregular migrants and possibly asylum-seekers. The group had arrived on 17 December 2008 after being transferred by boat from the island of Lesvos. 134 The 2010 HLHR Report identified many shortcomings in the conditions at Venna immigration detention facility (Report regarding the places of detention for individuals without legal papers in Rodopi and Evros, op cit). 135 See “Third party intervention’ by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, under Article 36 (2) of the ECHR”, CommDH(2010)9, Strasbourg, 10 March 2010, paras 44-46. 136 The Greek Ombudsman conducted an on-site investigation at Venna immigration detention centre on 23-24 March 2010 and its findings are expected to be published in the next few months. 137 A. was among the group of 10 irregular migrants including unaccompanied minors transferred from the island of Samos to Northeastern Greece for the purpose of deportation in January 2010. The group remained in Venna for more than 20 days (interview, 10 March 2010). 138 http://www.synigoros.gr/allodapoi/pdfs_01/8528_1_EkthesiAutopsias.pdf. 139 See Greek Ombudsman, Report of on-site investigation in the holding facility of the Attika Aliens’ Amnesty International July 2010 Index: EUR 25/002/2010