FORGOTTEN Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers • • • • • Inadequate health care Lack of support by social workers and psychologists Inadequate and poor feeding Inadequate heating/cooling conditions Lack of provisions in clothes, shoes and personal hygiene items • Lack of provision of recreational activities • Lack of interpretation services • Lack of information to the detainees regarding: - their legal status; - the operational regulations of the detention centers; - the impending execution of forced return. • Lack of free legal aid ii. Detailed presentation of findings Note: The findings about the detention conditions derived from interviews with detainees, during our visits. We were able to form our own opinion only in the cases that we had been given full access to areas of detention. a. Pre-removal Detention Centers Pre-removal detention center of Amygdaleza General findings On the 5th ,6th and 9th of November 2015 and on the 15th and 16th of April 2016 we visited the Pre-removal Detention Center of Amygdaleza. During our visits on the 5/11/2015, 6/11/15 and 9/11/15, 280 persons were detained, while on the 15/4/16 and 16/4/16, 240 persons were detained. We note that we have not been given full access in the detention areas, so we were not able to have a thorough understanding of the conditions. However, as far as we were able to see, detainees move freely all day long within the fenced area, which includes the containers where they stay, a corridor, a container for recreational activities and a container for worship. There are problems in the facilities, as the equipment in some containers (air-condition, hot water, toilets) is not functioning properly and damages are not being repaired. The inadequate and poor feeding is a very important problem for detainees who have often complained and protested concerning this issue. 21