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 24

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