Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 4 ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 6 I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ......................................................................................... 7 II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK......................................................................................................... 9 COUNCIL OF EUROPE .................................................................................................................... 9 Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights ...................................................... 10 Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe Resolution 1707 ............... 10 Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in the Mediterranean ........................ 11 Ongoing Monitoring of Facilities .......................................................................................... 13 EUROPEAN UNION ...................................................................................................................... 13 The Return Directive (2008/115/EC) .................................................................................... 14 The Receptions Conditions Directive (2003/9/EC) ............................................................... 17 Dublin III Regulation (2013/33/EU) ..................................................................................... 18 Asylum Procedures Directive (2005/85/EC) (APD)/Recast Directive (2013/32/EU) .......... 21 GREEK DOMESTIC LAW .............................................................................................................. 24 III. LEGAL ANALYSIS............................................................................................................. 28 COUNCIL OF EUROPE .................................................................................................................. 28 EUROPEAN UNION ...................................................................................................................... 29 GREEK DOMESTIC LAW .............................................................................................................. 33 IV. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................................... 36 JUDICIAL REVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 36 DETENTION FACILITIES .............................................................................................................. 38 LEAST COERCIVE MEASURES ..................................................................................................... 40 DETENTION PERIOD .................................................................................................................... 41 ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSESSMENT INDICATORS AND CRITERIA .................................................. 43 VULNERABLE PERSONS IN DETENTION ...................................................................................... 44 VIOLATION REPORTING AND MONITORING ................................................................................ 45 COOPERATION BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE SYSTEMS ..................... 45 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 48 APPENDIX .................................................................................................................................. 49 A1. GLOSSARY TERMS ............................................................................................................... 49 A2. RESOLUTION 1707 ............................................................................................................... 49 A3. LAW 3386/2005, ART. 76 (3)............................................................................................... 56 A4. LAW 3907/2011 ART. 30 (1).................................................................................................56

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