FORGOTTEN
Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers
information about the date of their deportation can bring about a
condition of anxiety that comes to a head during deportation and may
often turn into a violent agitated state. In this connection, the CPT has
noted that, in some of the countries visited, there was a psycho-social
service attached to the units responsible for deportation operations,
staffed by psychologists and social workers, who were specifically
responsible for preparing immigration detainees for their deportation
(through ongoing dialogue, contacts with the family in the country of
destination, etc.). Needless to say, the CPT welcomes these initiatives
and invites those States which have not already done so to set up
such services”.41
ii. Findings
However, during our research, we came across cases of detainees
who had not been informed about their imminent return, even when
they were leaving the detention center either for the final formalities
in the Aliens Division or to be taken to the airport.
Some detainees were not aware that they were about to be deported
until they arrived at the airport.
k. Minors
A. Age assessment of minors
Serious deficiencies occur in our country regarding the age
assessment of minors. Until February 2016, our legislation provided
a comprehensive procedure of age assessment of minors only in the
context of First Reception Centers. Therefore, the implementation of
the aforementioned legislation, concerned the sole First Reception
Center that existed in Orestias. In February 2016, such a procedure
has also been adopted for the cases of asylum seekers of contested
age. However, both before the adoption of the above-mentioned
legislative framework and after that, the skeletal age measurement
with the use of radiology –a method of contested liability– has been
widely used.
41 Council of Europe, Twenty Guidelines on Forced Return, 2005, page. 45 (5/9/2016)
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