- 82 Conditions of detention in establishments under the Port Authorities recommendations - as regards establishments under the Port Authorities, the recommendations made in paragraph 51 to apply equally to the Igoumenitsa Coast Guard detention facility (paragraph 53); - the Greek authorities to draw up detailed regulations for dealing with persons who commit an act of self-harm or attempt suicide. Further, every placement in the “separation” cell at the Igoumenitsa Coast Guard detention facility should be fully recorded in a register. The conditions in the cell should also be radically improved (paragraph 55). requests for information - on the current layout of the detention facility in the Port of Patras, as well as the average occupancy and the longest duration of stay for the period of June and July 2013 (paragraph 56). Immigration detention centres Preliminary remarks comments - the Internal Operating Regulations for Alien Detention facilities of 10 March 2013 are too restrictive and should be revised (paragraph 61); - the CPT trusts that detention centres such as Petrou Ralli and Filakio, with their totally inappropriate carceral design, will in future only be used for holding persons for short periods (paragraph 61). requests for information - the Greek authorities’ observations on the additional ground of threat to public health described in paragraph 58, as a reason for the detention of asylum seekers (paragraph 58); - an update on the implementation of the Action Plan on Asylum and Migration Management. In particular, the operation to date of the first reception centre in Filakio: average occupancy, length of detention and an indication of where the persons went once they left the centre (paragraph 60); - on the reasons for Syrian nationals to be detained in immigration detention centres for periods of up to several months, as was the case at the time of the visit, in light of the armed conflict in Syria and the evident inability to return Syrians to their country of origin (paragraph 60).

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