10. Minors 72 Young boy released from Fylakio »They don’t believe who I am …« N.S. (15), from Afghanistan213 N.S. arrived in Evros region in July 2010 together with his older brother. On the border they lost each other and were separated. N.S. was then arrested by the police forces of Neo Chimonio on July 21, 2010. The registration took place at the same border police station in Neo Chimonio by Frontex, who registered him as a Turkish citizen born on the 1.1.1992, even though he claimed both his age and his nationality. »They don’t believe who I am …« From Neo Chimonio he was then transferred to Fylakio were he was detained for a long time, despite all our interventions to UNHCR, Children’s Ombudsman. Since he’s been registered as an adult, he should be still detained with adults. A deportation order had been issued, under his false Turkish nationality, exposing him to the risk of being readmitted to Turkey. »I told the officers that I am 15, but they wrote that I am 20.« A.F. (15), from Bagdad, Iraq214 He was arrested on the 14th of October 2010 and first detained in Soufli detention centre in mixed detention. His first registration took place without interpreter and in English language. »I told the officiers that I am 15, but they wrote that I am 20.« He was identified by GCRlawyers as unaccompanied minor. In December 2010 he had been already transferred to Tychero border station. The police informed us that his age had been corrected. He was now held in cell two again in mixed detention. On January 31, 2011 the Greek Refugee Council sent another fax to the police and judicial authorities concerning requesting for the release of A.F. and other minors that were detained since October / November 2010 and not yet released.215 »The boy is crying every day and every night. He is now more than three months in detention,« told us the other detainees. In total he waited more than four months for a free space in one of the rare specialized reception centres in order to be released. He couldn’t speak to his family for a long time. 213 N.S. from Afghanistan; August 2010 – Fylakio. 214 F.A. from Iraq; December 21, 2011 – Tychero 215 Protocol number of the fax: GCR 80/2011.