covers the most basic needs of the detainees such as cleaning, catering, bills, some scarce clothing,
hygiene products, while some recreation is foreseen in the future.
Regular Services
Items
Monthly Cost
(actual sums spent)
Estimated Annual Cost
(at full capacity)
€4,226,400
Food catering
> €300,00031
Daily cleaning
€62,000 - 72,00032
450 policemen (8h shifts)
6 vans
15-20 administrative staff
Security
€800,00033
N/A
€4,980,000*(author's estimation)
*Calculated on the basis of the estimated annual costs in other pre-removal centres.34
Food is calculated at a standard daily rate of €5,87 euros/per person. It is noteworthy that this rate
has already been challenged before the European Court of Human Rights for being too little to
adequately cover a detainee's daily nutrition needs. 35 Nonetheless, at full capacity catering in
Amygdaleza alone would cost 11,740€ per day.
Known Additional costs
Items
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Clothing36
Cost
€72,545
Personal Hygiene Items39
€107,624
Items
Cost
Blankets37
Disinfection
€146,370 38
€74,250 40
For instance in April 2013 the cost was €284,753.7 http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/ΒΕΝ3Ι1ΣΦ , in May 2013 was €313,745.63 http://static.diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/ΒΕΖΚΙ-Τ0Σ, in June 2013
was €308,773.74 http://static.diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/ΒΛ49Ι-3ΓΦ , in July 2013 was €301,072.30
http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/ΒΛΩΞΙ-ΩΝΚ, in October 2013 was €336,808.86
http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/ΒΛ19Ι-ΞΟ1.
See http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/ΒΕΔ2Ι-ΦΑΒ ;
http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/Β4ΓΗΙ-ΜΛΧ ; http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/Β4ΓΗΙΩ11 ; http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/Β4ΣΥΙ-9ΡΤ ;
http://et.diavgeia.gov.gr/f/all/ada/ΒΕΔ2Ι-Α56 ; http://static.diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/ΒΕΥΣΙ-0ΙΘ.
See http://static.diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/Β45ΜΙ-ΙΗ0 .
The annual estimated Cost for Security in three Pre-moval Centre is: Corinth (capacity
1,000) € 5,273,520; Parenesti (600) € 4,415,040 ; Fylakio (370) € 2,422,140, available at
http://www.astynomia.gr/images/stories/2013/prokirikseis13/22112013frourhsh.pdf. Security
is currently operated by the Greek Police and its cost is absorbed by the salaries of the police
officials, it is therefore not evident. There is planning however to sub-contract security to a
private company like in the other pre-removal centres.
See ECtHR, Tabesh v. Greece, Appl. no. 8256/07, par. 24, 39, 40.
The sum paid for clothing was equivalent to two (2) shirts, two (2) pieces of underwear,
one (1) tracksuit, and one (1) pair of shoes per detainee.
Of interest is the order on blankets, since two equally expensive orders were made; yet
the second one bought 1,000 more blankets than the first one. (see fn. 39 immediately below)
See http://static.diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/Β49ΣΙ-ΜΤΙ (€73,062.00 for 3,000 blankets);
http://static.diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/Β45ΣΙ-Ι7Ξ (€73,308.00 for 2,000 blankets).
The thousand spent in hygiene and clothing have nonetheless proven insufficient to avert
health risks to both staff and detainees. In August 2013 scabies broke out requiring a major
cleaning operation.
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