temporary detention area, where they were kept with the assistance of police officers of
Samos.
On 06 and 10.03.2020 aliens were examined preventively by a doctor of the General
Hospital of Samos, who went to the area by ambulance. During their examination, no
health problem was diagnosed and it was not recommended to carry out further medical
examinations, and none of them expressed a desire to be examined or transferred to a
health Facility, for any health problem.
On 14.03.2020, the ninety-three (93) illegally entering aliens, were delivered by the Port
Authority of Samos to the existing Aliens Services of Samos (Samos Aliens AgencySamos Police Station), for their further administrative detention and management,
remaining for custody in the same place, in the absence of another more suitable area and
due to the coincidental overfill of the detention centres of Samos.
This overfill is due to the suspension of aliens’ reception by Turkey in the context of the
EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 and the inability of the Pre-removal Centre of
Lesvos to receive them due to the absence of vacancies.
Among the foregoing ninety-three (93) aliens there was one (1) Syrian national, who,
according to her statement, was in the seventh (7°) month of pregnancy. This alien,
throughout her detention, never complained about her state of health, and did not ask to be
transferred to Samos GH for medical examination or treatment, her only wish being to stay
in the area with her husband and her three (3) minor children.
During the entire detention period of the said aliens, the Samos Aliens Agency or its
subordinate services received no complaints for ill-treatment, nor were any such incidents
of ill-treatment, use of force or any other behaviour related to torture, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment by Police or Coast Guards detected.
During their registration by the Security Sub-Directorate of Samos, interpreters from
FRONTEX were used to achieve the necessary communication with them, as well as in
other cases where this was required, while there was immediate information, in the
language they understood, about the reason for their detention, their legal status, as well as
the decisions issued by the SAA against them in compliance with the provisions of Law
3386/2005.
On 20.03.2020 they were transferred under the auspices of the Ministry of Migration and
Asylum from Samos at a Facility of the mainland (Hospitality Structure "SINTIKIS", in the
position "KLIDI" of the Municipality of Sintiki of the Regional Unit of Serres).
Paragraph 29: Request for information on conditions of detention at Border Guard Station
in Didimoticho (Isaakio).
The facility of the Border Guard Station in Didimoticho is obsolete, resulting in damage to
plumbing, which are repaired immediately. At the time of the visit, the detainees were held
in a functional chamber, as in the other area there was damage to the sewer system, which
was restored in the following days.
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