Greek Domestic Law Greek domestic law provides four legal grounds for pre-removal detention. Non-citizens may be detained if they display a risk of absconding, avoid or hamper the preparation of return or the removal process; or present a threat to public order or national security.79 The risk of absconding is measured by the following criteria: noncompliance with a voluntary departure obligation, an explicit expression of intent to avoid removal, possession of false documents, providing false information to authorities, convictions for criminal offenses, pending persecution, or serious indications that the person concerned has committed or is about to commit a serious offense, the lack of travel/identity documents, prior escape/ and or noncompliance with an existing entry ban.80 An asylum seeker may be detained if for determination of his or her identity or national origin; if he or she threatens national security or public order, according to the reasoned judgment of the police authority; or detention is considered necessary for the prompt and effective completion of the asylum application. Greece’s current detention policies have been influenced vastly by the Joint EU-Turkey Statement, which went into effect on March 20, 2016. This is a particular plan for Syrian refugees and provides that for every Syrian refugee sent back, a Syrian already in Turkey would be resettled in the EU. Turkey would also be able to get additional funding and progress on EU integration, and accelerate visa liberalization for Turkish Nationals. While not directly a Greek 79 Nomos (2005:3386), Entry, Residence and Social Integration of Third Country Nationals in Greek Territory, EPHEMERIS TES KYVERNESEOS TES HELLENIKES DEMOKRATIAS [E.K.E.D.] 2005, A:212 (Greece), Article 76 80 Id. 24