FORGOTTEN
Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers
Nevertheless, the detainees themselves have not expressed any
complaint regarding access to medical care. At this center with the
aforementioned material conditions, there are detainees who face
serious health problems. It is obvious that their stay at the detention
center not only poses difficulties in the ir treatment but may also
cause a deterioration of their health condition.
Lastly, detainees have inadequate information of their legal
status due to lack of interpretation services.
Pre- removal detention center of Corinth
General Findings
On February 18 and 19, 2016 we visited the Pre- Removal
detention center of Corinth, which is based on the former military
camp of Corinth. On our first visit, the total number of detainees was
347 persons , the majority of whom were Moroccans (238) and
Algerian citizens (104). During our next visits at the above-mentioned
Center on June 16 and 23, 2016, we found out that 490 were detained
and most of them were Pakistani citizens (351). The main problems
were the insufficient number of Police staff, which caused serious
problems to the daily operation of the Center, and the total lack of
information regarding the legal status of the detainees. It should be
noted that during our first visits (18/2/16 and 19/2/16), we had been
given access to the areas of detention and therefore we formed our
own view on the detention conditions, while during our follow-up
visits we were not given access to these areas.
Detailed findings
Two buildings are used for detention. The capacity of each
building is 192 people. There are also other buildings that are not
used due to lack of sufficient Police staff. 8-12 people are detained
in each cell. The detention areas were dirty. Detainees reported that
they are trying to clean the cells themselves with water since they
are not provided with cleaning materials. There is a toilet in each cell,
while showers are in the corridor. There is hot water only for one
hour in the morning. Τhe detainees are given some items for personal
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