De los Santos and de la Cruz v. Greece
Court rulings- Court
- ECtHR
- Type of violation
- (Art. 3) Prohibition of torture
- Year of detention
- 2011
- Year
- 2014
- Detention type
- Illegal Immigration Enforcement Department; Special Holding Facility for Aliens
- Summary of case
- Greek authorities arrested and detained the two applicants, both nationals of the Dominican Republic, for unauthorised entry into the country at the then Kordelio-Evosmos Illegal Immigration Enforcement Department (now the Thessaloniki Immigration Management Department) and subsequently at the Athens Aliens Directorate then Special Holding Facility for Aliens (Petrou Ralli, now Pre-Removal Detention Centre). The applicants described the conditions at the Thessaloniki detention facility as ‘overcrowded, poorly ventilated and insufficiently lit due to wire mesh covering the windows.’ On top of the less than three square meter cell space per detainee and an absence of recreation provisions, each applicant received only 5.87 Euros each day to purchase food, which was wholly inadequate. One of the applicants required a transfer to a nearby hospital after a month within the detention site. Given the applicants’ allegations and the Court’s similar findings on multiple cases regarding degrading detention conditions in Greece, the Court ruled that both applicants experienced a violation of Article 3 at Thessaloniki.
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