6. Detention and detention centres Detention Capacity centre (persons) Average number of detainees during missions 27 No of cells Space in m2 Separation of Separation of sexes (except unaccompanied families) minors Tychero 49 August 2010: 90, November 2010: 155, December 2010: 180, February 28, 2011: 210, April 14, 2011: 260, October 12, 2011: 50. 2 Two cells of 35 m2 (CPT 2005) and one cell of unknown size used for temporary detention until screening No No Feres 26 August 2010: 94, November 2010: 77-144 (changes due to newarrivals), December 2010: 110 (in one cell while the other was renovated), February 2011: 68, April 12, 2011: 72, October 13, 2011: 42 3 One cell of 48 m2, one of 30m2 and one of approx. 40m2 (FRA 2011). Yes No Not until 2011 No Yes Yes (some exceptions, see chapter on unaccompanied minors) Two cells of approx. 48m2 and another of 12m2 (CPT 2009, paragraph 49) Soufli 25 August 2010: 88, November 2010: approx. 180, December 2010: approx. 190, February 28, 2011: 170, April 14, 2011: 100-150, October 11, 2011: 30. 1 One cell of approx. 110m2 (FRA 2011), – this space consists of the hallway, a small room for the garbage and two cells all connected to each other. Fylakio 374 August 2010: 492-592, November 2010: sometimes more than 450, December 2010: up to 600, April 15, 2011: 397, October 9, 2011: 276 October 10,•• 2011••: 65072 7 Cell for women of 40m2 and other 6 cells of approx. 100m2 each (FRA 2011) feasibility of the deportation, which again is based on the results of a nationality assessment76. Sometimes other factors do also effect the duration of detention, such as problems with overcrowding. People assigned to be of certain nationalities – including Iraqis, Syrians, Georgians, Turks and Iranians, among others – are detained for extended periods until they are sent back to Turkey, or until the maximum detention period of six months has expired. 76 See also: Chapter 5. Another group of people, assigned to be, among others, Nigerian or Dominican, stay in detention in order to be deported via Athens. Either they will be directly transferred to the airport, or they will first be detained somewhere in Attica for an extended period of six months (or even 18 months) and then deported. As a rule, if the deportation turns out not to be feasible the detainees are released. However, the procedure for determining the non-feasibility of the deportation or the dura-