place as follows: “I didn’t have a bed, only a blanket. The blanket was dirty and there were a lot of bugs—bugs that bite. We were bitten during the night. We couldn’t sleep. We were scratching our skin all the time.”165 During our visit to the Amygdaleza detention facility for unaccompanied boys, the responsible police officials explained that two boys were held longer than others: “Right now there are two teenagers without declaration of their country of origin. We keep them for a longer time.”166 One of them, 14-year-old Abdullahi Y., told us that he was Somali and caught at the airport with a fake Swedish passport.167 It is not apparent why the police deemed it impossible to determine their nationality, and how their situation differed from that of other children without valid documents. Multiple Detentions Unaccompanied children who have not filed an asylum application, who have fallen out of the asylum system, or who have had their applications denied have no regular status while in Greece.168 As such, they are subject to repeated detention. A 10-year-old unaccompanied Somali girl who was detained at Petrou Ralli detention facility told us that within six months she was detained four times (her case is further described in chapter VII).169 Seventeen-year-old Sami F. said he was arrested twice the same day and issued four deportation orders within eight months: In eight months, I received four deportation orders…. When the police caught us from the street they brought me to the police station and gave me a deportation order. After two hours the police caught me again. I showed them the deportation order, the police took it badly and I was detained for seven days; after seven days they brought me 165 Human Rights Watch interview with Sharzad P., Fylakio detention center, May 25, 2008. 166 Human Rights Watch interview with Yiorgos Paliouras, police director, Aliens’ Division of Attica, Amygdaleza detention center, Athens, June 3, 2008. 167 Human Rights Watch interview with Abdullahi Y., Amygdaleza detention center, Athens, June 3, 2008. 168 For a discussion of Greek asylum procedures, see Human Rights Watch, Greece – Stuck in a Revolving Door, pp. 86-105. 169 Human Rights Watch interview with Fatime S., Petrou Ralli detention center, Athens, June 4, 2008. Left to Survive 56