ENDNOTES
1. For more information, see the Schengen Visa Info Website, available at: https://bit.ly/3E5CvzA
2. See Migreurop, Migrant detention in the European Union: a thriving business, 2016, available at: https://bit.ly/3Xa2rAu
3. Ibid.
4. See Hellenic Republic Law No. 3386/2005.
5. See Amnesty International, Greece: Irregular migrants and asylum-seekers routinely detained in substandard conditions,
2010, available at: https://bit.ly/3HJQEn8
6. See Human Rights Watch, Greece: End Inhumane Detention Conditions for Migrants, 2010, available at:
https://bit.ly/3DJkAyg
7. See Equal Rights Beyond Border, Detained and Forgotten at the Gates of the EU Detention of Migrants on the Island of Kos,
2021.
8. See the Greek Ombudsman, Return of third country nationals, Special report 2021, available at: https://bit.ly/3RzFh5w
9. Ibid.
10. See Greek Council for Refugees, Country report: Condition in detention facilities, Greece, last updated on May 2022, available
at: https://bit.ly/3I2k3Kg ; And see Greek Council for Refugees and OXFAM, Detention as the default, 2021, available at:
https://bit.ly/3jzOe29
11. See Article 15 of the Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down
standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast), available at: https://bit.ly/3Y9xVIp
12. See ECJ, case J. N. v. Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie, C-601/15 PPU, 15 February 2016.
13. See Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the
reception of applicants for international protection (recast), available at: https://bit.ly/3YqoWlR
14. See ECJ, case J. N. v. Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie, C-601/15 PPU, 15 February 2016, para 63.
15. See Article 8(2) of the Directive 2013/33/EU and Article 50(2) of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022.
16. See Articles 50(2) and 50(3) of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022 and Article 22(3) of Hellenic Republic Law No.
3907/2011.
17. See AIDA Country Report : Greece, 2021 Update, p.112, available at: https://bit.ly/3HZQCZn
18. See Article 50(1) of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022.
19. See Kay Hailbronner and Daniel Thym, EU Immigration and Asylum Law - A Commentary, Second Edition, 2016, p.1412.
20. See Article 8(3) of the Directive 2013/33/EU and Articles 50(2) and 50(3) of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022.
21. See AIDA Country Report : Greece, 2021 Update, p.209, available at: https://bit.ly/3HZQCZn
22. See Ombudsman, Return of third country nationals, Special Report 2018, available at: https://bit.ly/3JJoxXu
23. See Greek Council for Refugees, Country Report: Grounds for detention, Greece, last updated on May 2022, available at:
https://bit.ly/3wWTMqA
24. See Article 8(3) of the Directive 2013/33/EU and Article 50(5) of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022.
25. See Article 50(5) of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022 and Article 30 of Hellenic Republic Law No. 3907/2011.
26. See AIDA Country Report : Greece, 2021 Update, available at: https://bit.ly/3HZQCZn
27. See Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and
procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third country nationals, available at: https://bit.ly/2TNGFmJ
28. See Article 15 of the Directive 2008/115/EC
29. See Article 15(1) of the Directive 2008/115/EC.
30. See Article 15(4) of the Directive 2008/115/EC.
31. See Article 30 of Hellenic Republic Law No. 3907/2011.
32. See Article 15(1) of the Directive 2008/115/EC.
33. See Article 15(6) of the Directive 2008/115/EC and Article 30 of Hellenic Republic Law No. 3907/2011.
34. See Article 16 of the Directive 2008/115/EC and Article 31 of Hellenic Republic Law No. 3907/2011.
35. See Article 10 of Hellenic Republic Law No. 32/2013 and Article 51 of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022.
36. See Kay Hailbronner and Daniel Thym, EU Immigration and Asylum Law - A Commentary, Second Edition, 2016, p.756.
37. See ECtHR, case of Suso Musa v. Malta, Application no. 42337/12, 23 July 2013, para. 93.
38. See ECtHR, case of Aden Ahmed v. Malta, Application no. 55352/12, 23 July 2013, para. 88.
39. See Article 16(3) of the Directive 2008/115/EC.
40. See Article 17(1) of the Directive 2008/115/EC.
41. See Article 17(5) of the Directive 2008/115/EC.
42. See Article 11(1) of the Directive 2013/33/EU.
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