FORGOTTEN Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers - Syrian national A.A. was arrested on 20/04/2016, and the Police Department issued a detention decision on the same date ordering his detention until his transfer to the First Reception Center. - Algerian national M.W. was arrested on 06/02/2016, when a detention decision was issued by the Police Department of Alexandroupoli, which ordered his detention until his transfer to the First Reception Center. The aforementioned person was transferred to the First Reception Center on 12/02/2016. h. Lack of interpretation services which would ensure that detainees fully understand their legal status, the decisions that concern them and the documents they are asked to sign i. Legal Framework According to article 27 par. 2 of law 3907/201136: “The services competent for handling alien-related matters shall ensure, upon request by the person concerned, written or oral translation of the main points of return decisions, as specified in paragraph 1, including information on the remedies available in a language that the third-country national understands or it is reasonably considered that he understands. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to third country nationals who have illegally entered the Greek territory and who have not subsequently obtained an authorization or a right to stay in Greece. In this case, decisions related to return, as referred in paragraph 1, shall be given by means of a standard form as set out in article 1, paragraph 2 of the joint Ministerial Decision No. 4000/4/46-a from 22/07/2009. This form is translated into at least five of the languages used more frequently or understood better by third country nationals who enter illegally into the Greek territory”. 36 Greece: Law no. 3907/2011, op.cit. 61

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