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the above areas of which the Police was in charge, due to need, notwithstanding the effective legislation,
until their transfer to the K.Y.T.
Now, according to the measures taken and the related limitation of the immigration pressure, the
condition has been normalized.
Paragraph 88: Request for furnishing information on the detention conditions at the Border
Guard Department of Tichero.
According to the order no. 71778/13/791172 dated 30-05-2013 of the Direction of Aliens/HPH, the prison
of the Border Guard Department of Tichero was shut down and it operates now as a Border Guard Office
subject to the Police Department of Tichero. In particular, as of June 01' 2013 in the said Service, the
detention spaces for arrested illegal immigrants do not operate. After their detection by the police officers,
the aliens entering the country illegally are transferred to the premises of Tichero for order the recording
and arrest procedures. They spend the less necessary time at the said Service in order for the criminal
procedures to be completed according to the proper legislation and then, they are transferred to the prisons of
other Services under the authority of the Police Direction of Alexandroupoli where they stay until they are
transferred to the Reception and Identification Centre (K.Y.T.) of the Border Guard of Orestiada.
In March this year, as mentioned above, the immigration pressure in the region of which the Police
Direction of Alexandroupoli was in charge surged, as shown in the recorded arrests of illegal
immigrants and refugees by the Services of Border Guard, and they were six hundred forty eight (648).
Out of that number, the Police Department of Tichero/Border Guard Office was called upon to handle
two hundred eighty nine (289) illegal immigrants-refugees, detected in the region of its authority, whilst
in the previous month, namely in February this year, it made thirty eight (38) arrests of aliens. Given the
volume dealt with by the said Service in March and the time required to complete the criminal
procedure (abstention of the Prosecutor from the criminal prosecution), the stay of the arrested persons
in the premises of Tichero beyond the 24 hours was needed, without however exceeding the thirty six
(36) hours. In such cases, the feeding of the detainees was realized normally,
Paragraph 90: Request for furnishing information on the detention conditions at the Police
Department of Drapetsona
At the P.D. of Keratsini-Drapetsona, there are nineteen (19) detention rooms (cells) of total capacity
seventy six (76) people (27 women and 49 men). The number of detainees at the time of the
Committee's visit was thirty (30).
In relation to the findings-notes of the Committee on the insufficient access of natural light to the detention
rooms and the failure of access to outdoor exercise, please be advised that these are structural
problems of the initial construction of the detention spaces, which do not adapt to interventions.
As regards the measures taken, please be advised that:
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