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Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers
of the detention center for preventive examination by doctors,
psychologists and social workers.14 The provision of personal hygiene
and cleaning items from the guards of the detention centers, the
existence of laundry and dryer machines to ensure that detainees are
able to maintain their personal hygiene and the cleaning of places of
detention by a private cleaning company are also foreseen.15 Finally,
the rights of the detainees are explicitly recognized, including the right
to undisturbed exercise of their religion, access to correspondence
or telephone communication, access to a lawyer, provision of legal
aid, information on their rights and obligations upon arrival to the
detention centers in a language which they may reasonably be
supposed to understand, provision of proper nutrition three times a
day under the responsibility of the Pre-Removal Detention Centers
and access to newspapers, magazines and books.16
Moreover, regarding the detention conditions of minors, the
art. 32 Law 3907/2011 stipulates that «minors shall have the possibility
to engage in leisure activities, including play and recreational activities
appropriate to their age, and shall have, depending on the length of
their stay, access to education, in accordance with the provisions of
article 72 law 3386/2005. Unaccompanied minors shall as far as possible
be provided with accommodation in institutions with personnel and
facilities taking into account the needs of their age. The best interests
of the child shall be a primary consideration in the context of the
detention of minors pending removal».
According to CPT Standards17:
As soon as possible after the presence of a child becomes known to
the authorities, a professionally qualified person should conduct an
initial interview, in a language the child understands. An assessment
should be made of the child’s particular vulnerabilities from the
standpoints of age, health, psychosocial factors and other protection
needs, including those deriving from violence, trafficking or trauma.
Unaccompanied or separated children deprived of their liberty
should be provided with prompt and free access to legal and other
appropriate assistance, including the assignment of a guardian or
legal representative. Review mechanisms should also be introduced
to monitor the ongoing quality of guardianship.
14 Ibid, art.8
15 Ibid, art. 11
16 Ibid, art. 21
17 Council of Europe, CPT Standards, CPT/Inf/E (2002) 1 - Rev. 2011, page 76, available at:
http://www.cpt.coe.int/en/documents/eng-standards.pdf, (5th September 2016)
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