FORGOTTEN
Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers
Due to lack of interpretation services, the provision of information
to the detainees on their legal status is inadequate, as well as their
communication with the police staff.
Hellinikon Women’s Detention Facility
General Findings
On November 13, 2015 and on May 27, 2016, we visited
Hellinikon Women’s Detention Facility. We were not allowed access
to the detention areas, so we have not been able to form our own
opinion on the conditions.
Detailed Observations
According to our findings from our conversation with the women
detained:
Living space per detainee is sufficient, since the number of the
detained women is still in low levels compared to the total capacity of
the facility. The detainees themselves clean their cells and the toilets,
whereas the cleaning service is cleaning only the outdoor space. There
is no heating in the cells. The food is of low nutritional value. As for the
recreational activities, there are TV sets in the corridors and a library
with books written in several languages. The detainees are offered
yard time 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. There
is no worship room.
Health care is insufficient as there is no doctor present and, in
case of emergency, the detainees are transferred to the hospital.
There is also lack of provision of information on their legal
status and the grounds of the detention, due to lack of interpretation.
This fact also hinders the communication of detainees with the police
staff.
Aliens’ Division Detention Center of Salonica
From our visit and the conversation we had with detainees we found
out the following:
General findings
On January 25, 2016 and on July 8, 2016 we visited the
Detention Facilities of Aliens Division in Salonica. The total number
of people detained was 89 on 25/1/16. However, 10 days before our
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