Rate of detention orders quashed upon judicial review: 2023 Objections 1641 1960 Ex officio 4701 20 Detention quashed Detention upheld Source: Ministry of Justice, Reply to parliamentary question, 14 Feb 2024 Official statistics demonstrate yet again the pressing need for provision of free legal assistance in line with EU law, with a view to ensuring fair and effective review of detention. Greek authorities, however, have taken no steps to date to grant free legal assistance to persons held in immigration detention. Detention conditions 2,303 people were in immigration detention at the end of 2023, a slight decrease on 2,813 at the end of 2022 and 2,335 at the end of 2021. Of those, 2,042 were held in six pre-removal detention centres and 261 in police stations across the Greek territory: Persons in immigration detention: 31 Dec 2023 799 654 286 122 Amygdaleza Tavros Corinth Paranesti 170 Xanthi 261 11 Fylakio Police stations Source: Ministry of Citizen Protection, Reply to parliamentary question, 16 Apr 2024 Pakistan (836) was the top country of origin of people detained at the end of the year, mostly in Corinth (526) and Amygdaleza (228). The second country of origin was Egypt (544), whose nationals were held mainly in Amygdaleza (321) and Paranesti (109). The total number of staff deployed by Health Units SA (Ανώνυμη Εταιρία Μονάδων Υγείας, AEMY) in pre-removal centres rose from 37 at the end of 2022 to 49 at the end of 2023. This includes administrative staff and interpreters. Despite this increase, RSA POLICY NOTE │ IMMIGRATION DETENTION | MAY 2024 9