D. Developments during 1st quarter of 2017 ensure less coercive measures (point 14) etc. The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights expressed the reasons for his concern for the expansion of detention in Europe under this Recommendation.231 The expansion of administrative detention in the East-Aegean islands is a fact at the onset of 2017. The establishment of the first Pre-removal Center in Kos was published on 7.2.2017 (Government Gazette Β 322) and the Ministry of Interior - Citizen Protection Department proceeded with the auctioning of its construction. 231 http://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/europe-s-duty-to-avoiddetaining-migrants 78