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- Greece 2
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- Libya
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- Male
Greek Court rules detention of unregistered refugees in RIC Malakasa unlawful
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Greek authorities must urgently investigate allegations of ill-treatment at the Corinth detention facility
- Year published
- 2013
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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'Death is preferable to this': inside Greece's Sintiki migrant detention centre
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
'Extreme violence' triggers hunger strike at Greek detention centre
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
'It's a monster, this camp': NGOs say new model of refugee centre on Greek island is inhumane
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights [AR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
'Punishment beatings' used at EU-backed Greek refugee camps and detention centres, alleges NGO
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
‘Extraordinary Measures’ How Greece used the COVID-19 pandemic as a Pretext for the Unlawful Detention of Asylum Seekers on Chios
- Year published
- 2023
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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‘It was hell’: asylum seekers and NGOs allege abuse in Greek detention
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
‘It was steer or they would kill me’: why Sudanese war refugees are filling prisons in Greece
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
‘Please don’t treat us like prisoners’ – refugees react to walls around Greek camps
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
‘Rights’ in the grey area: Undocumented border crossers on Lesvos
- Year published
- 2015
- Preview

‘Sanctioned Ignorance’ and the detention of people seeking asylum in the EU-funded CCAC on Samos
- Year published
- 2023
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Preview

‘Still detained and forgotten’ Update on Detention Policies, Practices, and Conditions on Kos 2023/24
- Year published
- 2024
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Preview

‘Still detained and forgotten’. Update on Detention Policies, Practices, and Conditions on Kos 2022/23
- Year published
- 2023
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
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‘This is a cage for migrants’: the rise of racism and the challenges for social work in the Greek context
- Year published
- 2015
- Preview

‘We are here to die, or to obtain freedom’: Hunger strike in Moria pre-removal detention centre
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
‘You mean the prison?’: displaced people on Samos
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
"A Life Without Freedom Is Not A Life". Life in the Closed Controlled Access Centre in Samos
- Year published
- 2022
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Preview

"Close the camps of death" - protests following the deaths in Amygdaleza and Paranesti. GCR and KEERFA call for the end to the 18 month detention rule (GR)
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
"I Came Here for Peace". The Systematic ill-treatment of migrants and refugees by state agents in Patras
- Year published
- 2012
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"Mohamed Ashfaq suffered from asthma. He was never taken to a hospital, that's why he died" [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
"Prison for Papers": Last Resort Measures used as Standard Procedure
- Year published
- 2023
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 5
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"They don't care about us": Voices from Kos exposing inhumane migration policies
- Year published
- 2025
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
"Why are you keeping me here?": Unaccompanied children detained in Greece
- Year published
- 2016
- Preview

“‘A public health bomb’: the migrant accommodation facility in Heraklion" (GR)
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
“40 years in the port ... I have not seen such a situation” – Immigration in Crete takes huge dimensions (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
“Neither here, nor there” | Refugees transferred to Corinth transit camp are left in precarious limbo
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
“They are killing minds”- Life in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre
- Year published
- 2023
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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“We Closed the Ports to Protect Refugees.” Hygienic Borders and Deterrence Humanitarianism during Covid-19
- Year published
- 2021
- Preview

[GR/EN] Φωτιά στις Φυλακές: Κέντρα Κράτησης και η βίαιη, ρατσιστική κρατική πρακτική απέναντι στην μετανάστευση | Fire to the Prisons: Detention Centres and the Violent and Racist State-Practice Towards Migration
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
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- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Riot police (MAT/YAT)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
2nd denunciation letter from Tavros (Petrou Ralli)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
4 border guards arrested for torture against migrants (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
5 murders of immigrants in one year [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Kos Police Department
- Omonia Police Department
- Petrou Ralli (Tavros) Pre-Removal Detention Centre
- Vyronas Police Department
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
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- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
8 Persecuted Migrants in Petrou Ralli: CCTV Video vs Cops’ False Accusations
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000010
- Type of violence experienced
- Destruction of personal property
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Exposure to extreme temperatures and weather
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000012
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000013
- Type of violence experienced
- Tazer/electroshock
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
13 years after M.S.S.: Report on human rights, access to asylum and detention conditions in Greece
- Year published
- 2024
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 5
- Preview

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- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Tazer/electroshock
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Exposure to extreme temperatures and weather
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Destruction of personal property
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
21-year-old dead in Volos prison - Prisoner's stance after incident (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000022
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
22-year-old hanged herself in her cell in Korydallos prison (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000023
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
23-year-old prisoner found dead in Amygdaleza [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000024
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000025
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
25-year-old Pakistani found dead at migrant detention centre in Xanthi [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000026
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
26-09-2024: Announcement from the Hellenic Police Headquarters on death of Mohammad Kamran [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
29-year-old found hanged in Omonia Police Station (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000030
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000031
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
31-year-old suicide in Moria [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000037
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000040
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000041
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000042
- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Medical neglect
- Water deprivation
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000043
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000044
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000045
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Exposure to extreme temperatures and weather
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000050
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000051
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000052
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000053
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000054
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000055
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000056
- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000059
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000060
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Forced undressing
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000064
- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000067
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000068
- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000074
- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000075
- Type of violence experienced
- Hate speech
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000076
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000077
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Strip search
- Threats and intimidation
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000078
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Blunt instrument
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000080
- Type of violence experienced
- Blunt instrument
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000081
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000082
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Theft
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000083
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Tazer/electroshock
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000084
- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Forced medication
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000085
- Type of violence experienced
- Destruction of personal property
- Food deprivation
- Forced medication
- Hate speech
- Isolation
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000087
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000088
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Threats and intimidation
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000089
- Type of violence experienced
- Blunt instrument
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Tear gas
- Perpetrator
- Riot police (MAT/YAT)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000090
- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Isolation
- Theft
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000091
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000092
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000093
- Type of violence experienced
- Blunt instrument
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Theft
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000094
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000095
- Type of violence experienced
- Verbal insult
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000096
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Physical violence
- Theft
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000097
- Type of violence experienced
- Destruction of personal property
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000098
- Type of violence experienced
- Forced undressing
- Strip search
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000099
- Type of violence experienced
- Blunt instrument
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000100
- Type of violence experienced
- Forced medication
- Hate speech
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Medical practitioners
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000101
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000102
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Tazer/electroshock
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000103
- Type of violence experienced
- Blunt instrument
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000104
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000105
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000106
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Riot police (MAT/YAT)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000107
- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000108
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000109
- Type of violence experienced
- Forced medication
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000110
- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000111
- Type of violence experienced
- Isolation
- Theft
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000112
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Medical practitioners
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000113
- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000114
- Type of violence experienced
- Threats and intimidation
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000115
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Medical practitioners
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000116
- Type of violence experienced
- Threats and intimidation
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000117
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000118
- Type of violence experienced
- Food deprivation
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000119
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000121
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000122
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000123
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000124
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000126
- Type of violence experienced
- Medical neglect
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000127
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Tear gas
- Perpetrator
- Riot police (MAT/YAT)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000129
- Type of violence experienced
- Threats and intimidation
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
000131
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Verbal insult
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000132
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Perpetrator
- Detention officers
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
000133
- Type of violence experienced
- Physical violence
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
026890
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
038062
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
041444
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- Male
041455
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
046809
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Bangladesh
- Gender
- Male
067523
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
081616
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 34
- Gender
- Male
156482
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 29
- Gender
- Male
162082
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Tunisia
- Age
- 36
- Gender
- Male
168149
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
170512
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 26
- Gender
- Male
174117
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 23
- Gender
- Male
182824
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
183177
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 23
- Gender
- Male
185231
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 26
- Gender
- Male
210467
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 30
- Gender
- Male
217590
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
218588
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
221395
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 27
- Gender
- Male
221547
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Kurdistan-Iran
- Age
- 31
- Gender
- Male
222219
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
223767
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 20
- Gender
- Male
230919
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
238287
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
247687
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 27
- Gender
- Male
253395
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Gender
- Female
257152
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 16
- Gender
- Male
272986
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 20
- Gender
- Male
273919
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
276226
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 44
- Gender
- Male
283391
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 30
- Gender
- Male
286170
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Gender
- Male
304605
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- Male
305739
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Gender
- Male
309643
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 58
- Gender
- Male
331275
- Detention centre related
- Amygdaleza Pre-Removal Detention Centre
- Kypseli Police Station
- Paranesti Pre-Removal Detention Centre
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 37
- Gender
- Male
332567
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
- Nationality
- Other
- Age
- 27
- Gender
- Male
363546
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 50
- Gender
- Male
380351
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
387779
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Gender
- Male
394433
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Kurdistan-Turkey
- Age
- 35
- Gender
- Male
396467
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Gender
- Male
429912
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- Male
430099
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Gender
- Male
453038
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 45
- Gender
- Male
453686
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 23
- Gender
- Male
458647
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Tunisia
- Age
- 30
- Gender
- Male
465735
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Age
- 21
- Gender
- Male
479381
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 26
- Gender
- Male
492176
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
499034
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
505532
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Gender
- Male
515404
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
548858
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 30
- Gender
- Male
549133
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
559416
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
563348
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
567207
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 34
- Gender
- Male
567408
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Gender
- Male
567408
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Gender
- Male
571815
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 35
- Gender
- Male
582942
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 33
- Gender
- Male
589634
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Gender
- Male
591280
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 34
- Gender
- Male
593093
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 35
- Gender
- Male
593168
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
625819
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 37
- Gender
- Male
638515
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 24
- Gender
- Male
640071
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 35
- Gender
- Male
644090
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 20
- Gender
- Male
646942
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Tunisia
- Age
- 26
- Gender
- Male
675094
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
678138
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Kurdistan-Iraq
- Age
- 45
- Gender
- Male
684171
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iraq
- Age
- 21
- Gender
- Male
703773
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 44
- Gender
- Male
717397
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Kurdistan-Iran
- Age
- 37
- Gender
- Male
722861
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Unspecified
- Gender
- Male
732877
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Other
- Age
- 43
- Gender
- Male
733425
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Age
- 20
- Gender
- Male
734689
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 23
- Gender
- Male
742571
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Kurdistan-Syria
- Age
- 42
- Gender
- Male
747364
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 40
- Gender
- Male
783694
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- Male
814056
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Iraq
- Age
- 26
- Gender
- Male
830525
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 28
- Gender
- Male
832009
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 44
- Gender
- Male
834950
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- Male
835054
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Kurdistan-Iran
- Age
- 33
- Gender
- Male
844052
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 51
- Gender
- Male
851749
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- Male
861487
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 30
- Gender
- Male
861558
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Gender
- Male
878366
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 46
- Gender
- Female
879003
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 31
- Gender
- Male
880732
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 45
- Gender
- Male
880806
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 43
- Gender
- Male
885914
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Syria
- Age
- 23
- Gender
- Male
886077
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 35
- Gender
- Male
887003
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Palestine
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- Male
892111
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 31
- Gender
- Male
902637
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Age
- 45
- Gender
- Female
906352
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 38
- Gender
- Male
927604
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 34
- Gender
- Male
945258
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 27
- Gender
- Male
957797
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 35
- Gender
- Male
959953
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Age
- 37
- Gender
- Male
960623
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- Male
965741
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Morocco
- Age
- 34
- Gender
- Male
968124
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 44
- Gender
- Male
970078
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Age
- 20
- Gender
- Male
975916
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Kurdistan-Turkey
- Age
- 30
- Gender
- Male
980615
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Gender
- Male
987198
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Unspecified
- Age
- 46
- Gender
- Male
992177
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Nationality
- Iran
- Age
- 42
- Gender
- Male
997588
- Detention centre related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Age
- 22
- Gender
- Male
A dead and severely beaten immigrant in a Police Station [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A dead migrant at the AT of Agios Panteleimonas after a brutal UPD beating (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A detainee in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre describes the dinner he receives
- Video
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A detainee in Corinth shows the bottle of shampoo he was provided with (screenshot from a video), May 2026
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A detainee shows his lunch in Corinth PRDC (screenshot from a video), May 2026
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A Flaming Howl from Petrou Ralli
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A new fence at the Diavata camp raises questions (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A Polish man died in the custody of the Vyronas police station [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Vyronas Police Department
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A prisoner was found hanged at the Kissamos Prison in Chania [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
A.A. v. Greece
- Type of violation
- (Art. 3) Prohibition of torture
- (Art. 5) Right to liberty and security
A.Y. v. Greece
- Type of violation
- (Art. 13) Right to an effective remedy
- (Art. 3) Prohibition of torture
Abuse and Death of Migrant in Agios Panteleimonas Police Station
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Access to a Hot Field: A Self-Reflexive Account of Research in the Moria Camp, Lesvos
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Accessing Human Rights in Immigration Detention in Greece
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Accommodation container without bed frames in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Accommodation container without door in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Accommodation container without door, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Accommodation containers without windows in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Across the borders of Lesvos: the gendering of migrants' detention in the Aegean
- Year published
- 2010
- Preview

Administrative detention in Greece: Findings from the field (2018)
- Year published
- 2018
- Preview

Administrative detention: A human rights “black hole”
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 7
Administrative Detention: Apartheid Prison Systems in Palestine and Greece
Afghan detainee of Xanthi in protest
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Afghan immigrant Mohammad Hassan lost his battle for life [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Afghan man found dead at Xanthi Immigration Detention Centre [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Agios Athanasios Immigration Management Department
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 40° 42′ 48″ N, 22° 43′ 43″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 2310 702 190
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Agios Panteleimonas Police Department
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 37° 59′ 46″ N, 23° 43′ 31″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 2108258903
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
AIDA Country Report Greece 2016
- Year published
- 2016
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Preview

AIDA Country Report Greece 2017
- Year published
- 2017
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Preview

AIDA Country Report Greece 2020
- Year published
- 2020
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
- Preview

AIDA Country Report Greece 2022
- Year published
- 2022
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 11
- Preview

AIDA Country Report Greece 2025
- Year published
- 2026
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 14
- Preview

Alexandroupoli Police Directorate
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 40° 50′ 40″ N, 25° 52′ 30″ E
- Phone number to contact
- 25510 66100
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Amadou v. Greece
- Type of violation
- (Art. 3) Prohibition of torture
- (Art. 5) Right to liberty and security
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT - Greece: Profound concerns over death of Afghan refugee
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza container
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza container entrance - December 2022
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- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza container inside - December 2022
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- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza container inside - December 2022
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza container tarpaulin - December 2022
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza fence
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza outdoor space
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza outdoor space
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza Pre-Removal Detention Centre
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 38° 7′ 3″ N, 23° 44′ 21″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 210 2424652
- Type of Facility
- PRDC (Pre Removal Detention Centre)
Amygdaleza room
- Image

- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza: Immigrants’ Yell from the Detention Camp (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Amygdaleza: We will die without water (GR)
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
AN AIRPORT ETHNOGRAPHY OF VOLUNTARY DEPORTATIONS : IOM ASSISTED VOLUNTARY RETURNS FROM GREECE
- Year published
- 2022
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
- Preview

Announcement for the provision of cleaning services in the building facilities of the Orestiada Police Directorate Services [GR]
- Contract type
- Cleaning
- Publication date
- Jul 6, 2025
- Country of detention center
- Greece
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Announcement from the SYRIZA Rights Department on the death of 23-year-old immigrant Sayed Mehdi Akhbari [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Announcement of an open international tender for the provision of cleaning services in the building facilities of the Orestiada Police Directorate for one year (2024) with the possibility of extension for an additional year (2025) [GR]
- Contract type
- Cleaning
- Publication date
- Jul 27, 2023
- Country of detention center
- Greece
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Announcement of an open tender for the selection of a construction contractor for the project – Upgrading, repair and maintenance of accommodation areas for foreigners at the Border Guard Departments of Tycheros, Soufli and Kyprinos [GR]
- Contract type
- Maintenance
- Publication date
- Oct 11, 2011
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE IMMIGRANTS HUNGER STRIKERS IN PARANESTI CAMP, DRAMA
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
ANNUAL REPORT 2025 – Recording of phenomena, issues and incidents of racism, discrimination, xenophobia as well as Research Studies or Good Administration Practices in the 6 critical areas of Employment, Legislation, Education, Housing, Racist Violence and Health & Welfare [GR]
- Year published
- 2025
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 10
Another death in prison – Outrage in Kos detention centre after medical attention withheld
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Another death of a detainee at the Amygdaleza detention center, after 25 months of illegal detention under deplorable conditions. Responsibilities of the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection for inhumane treatment [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
Another immigrant dead in the Amygdaleza inferno [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Answers sought for the death of an Egyptian man in the Paranesti Detention Center in Drama (GR)
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Appalling conditions and business with refugees in Chania [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Approval of an expenditure of fifty thousand six hundred ninety-three euros and thirty-two cents (€50,693.32), for the catering of detainees of the Orestiada Border Guard Department, the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department, the Metaxades Border Guard Department and the Kyprinos Border Guard Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, December 2014 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Jan 13, 2015
- Country of detention center
- Greece 4
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Approval of an expenditure of one thousand five hundred twenty-six euros and twenty cents (€1,526.20), for the catering of detainees of the Orestiada Border Guard Department, the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department and the Metaxades Border Guard Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, for the month of February 2024 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Mar 10, 2024
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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Approval of an expenditure of one thousand one hundred seventy-nine euros and eighty-seven cents (€1,179.87), for the catering of detainees of the Orestiada Border Guard Department, the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department and the Metaxades Border Guard Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, February 2021 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Mar 8, 2021
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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Approval of an expenditure of two hundred and seventy euros and two cents (€270.02), for the catering of detainees, of the Orestiada Police Department, the Orestiada Border Guard Department and the Metaxades Border Guard Department, both Greek and foreigners residing legally in the country, for the month of January 2025 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Feb 5, 2025
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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Approval of an expenditure of two thousand four hundred six euros and seventy cents (€2,406.70), for the catering of detainees, of the Orestiada Border Guard Department, the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department and the Kyprinos Border Guard Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, for the month of December 2024 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Jan 7, 2025
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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Approval of an expenditure of two thousand one hundred sixty euros and sixteen cents (€2,160.16), for the catering of detainees, of the Orestiada Border Guard Department, the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department and the Kyprinos Border Guard Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, for the month of April 2026 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- May 8, 2026
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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Approval of an expenditure of two thousand three hundred and one euro and four cents (€2,301.04), for the catering of detainees of the Orestiada Border Guard Department and the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, for the month of October 2024 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Nov 6, 2024
- Country of detention center
- Greece 2
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Approval of expenditure of three thousand five hundred sixteen euros and thirteen cents (€3,516.13), for the catering of detainees of the Orestiada Border Guard Department, the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department, the Metaxades Border Guard Department and the Didymoteicho Police Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, for the month of December 2020 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Jan 20, 2021
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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Approval of expenditure of three thousand two hundred fifty-seven euros and eighty-five cents (3257.85€), for the catering of detainees of the Orestiada Border Guard Department, the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department and the Metaxades Border Guard Department, who violated the Legislation on Foreigners and Asylum, for the month of September 2023 [GR]
- Contract type
- Food
- Publication date
- Oct 13, 2023
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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ARABIC The Drowning Voice: Stories of migrant women from Greek Aliens’ Detention Centres
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
Arbitrary Detention on Arrival – A Critique of Migrant Incarceration on Lesvos Island
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
Area of Amygdaleza PRDC used to detain families, 17 February 2025
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- Greece
Argos Police Department
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 37° 38′ 4″ N, 22° 44′ 5″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 27514 40940
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Arrest of 5 police officers for abusing a prisoner
As Boats Sail from Libya, Greece Swings Right on Migration
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Aspropyrgos Special Holding Facility for Migrants
- Status
- Not in operation
- Country
- Coordinates
- 38° 3′ 57″ N, 23° 35′ 45″ E
- Type of Facility
- Special facility for irregular migrants
Assessing the Cost-effectiveness of Irregular Migration Control Policies in Greece
- Year published
- 2014
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Asylum riot at migrant facility in Serres
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Asylum Seekers in Samos: An Unreasonable Reality
Asylum Surveillance Systems Launched in Greece without Data Safeguards
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: PUSHBACKS CONTINUE AS IMPUNITY PERSISTS
- Year published
- 2024
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
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AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: BETWEEN IMPUNITY AND CRIMINALIZATION
- Year published
- 2023
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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At the Amygdaleza Prison Camp
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- Greece
At the former Cold Storage in the port of Heraklion are the migrants who were found in Kalo Limenes (GR)
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- Greece
At the old Port Authority building in Rethymno are the 37 Egyptian migrants who were transferred to Agia Galini (GR)
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- Greece
Athens Airport bathroom
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- Greece
Athens Airport cell
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- Greece
Athens Airport cell
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- Greece
Athens Airport cell
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- Greece
Athens Airport cell
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- Greece
Athens Airport corridor
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- Greece
Athens Airport detainee wall drawings
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- Greece
Athens Airport drawing on cell door by detainee
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- Greece
Athens Airport shower
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- Greece
Athens Airport toilet
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- Greece
Athens International Airport special holding facility
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 37° 56′ 8″ N, 23° 56′ 54″ E
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Attica General Police Directorate (GADA)
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 37° 59′ 17″ N, 23° 45′ 22″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 2106476000
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Attitudes And Perceptions of The Local Community About the Paranesti Immigration Detention Center (Στασεις και Αντιληψεις Τοπικης Κοινωνιας για το Κεντρο Κρατησης Μεταναστων Παρανεστιου)
- Year published
- 2017
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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Avlona Special Juvenile Detention Centre
B.M. v. Greece
- Type of violation
- (Art. 13) Right to an effective remedy
- (Art. 3) Prohibition of torture
Back entrance to Soufli Border Guard Department, April 2025
Bar Association: The detention centres in Chania are underground "human warehouses" [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Barbed wire fence in the Amygdaleza PRDC
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- Greece
Barbed wire fences around the Samos CCAC
Barbed wire fences around the Samos CCAC
Barbed wire fences around the Samos CCAC
Barbed wire fences around the Samos CCAC
Bathroom inside container in Amygdaleza PRDC, 17 February 2025
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- Greece
Bathroom without door in Amygaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Greece
Bathroom without door, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Greece
Bed in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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- Greece
Bed in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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- Greece
Bed without blankets in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Greece
Behind the veil of philoxenia: The politics of immigration detention in Greece
- Year published
- 2013
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Beyond walls and fences: EU funding used for a complex and digitalised border surveillance system
- Year published
- 2024
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Bitter Memories Of Moria Camp Arrests: Report On Arrests Of Rejected Asylum Seekers At Lesvos Asylum Office
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Border Crimes: The Case of Lesvos
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- Greece
Border Crossings and Gender in the Greek Detention System
Border Guards of Evros: Virtual Reality by the Grace of ... Commission!
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- Greece
Borderlines of Despair: First-line reception of asylum seekers at the Greek borders
- Year published
- 2018
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Borders within borders
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Borders within Borders
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- Greece
Boys’ Drawings Expose Greece’s Broken Detention System
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- Greece
Breakfast provided to detainees in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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- Greece
Broken sink and shower in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Greece
Brutal repression of detained refugees in Corinth (GR)
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Building maintenance
- Contract type
- Other services
- Publication date
- Jun 19, 2020
- Country of detention center
- Greece
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Building maintenance
- Contract type
- Other services
- Publication date
- Aug 19, 2019
- Country of detention center
- Greece
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Burnt accommodation container in Amygdaleza Pre-Removal Detention Centre, March 2026
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- Greece
Carceral moderation and the Janus face of international pressure: A long view of Greece’s engagement with the European Convention of Human Rights
- Year published
- 2018
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CCTV Installment
- Contract type
- Security
- Publication date
- May 5, 2020
- Country of detention center
- Greece
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Cell door and bars in Corinth pre-removal detention centre, Jan-Mar 2023
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- Greece
Cell in Corinth pre-removal detention centre, Jan-Mar 2023
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- Greece
Cell with trash bag in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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- Greece
Cells and bathrooms, Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Cells and improvised tea maker, Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
- Video
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Cells and narration from detainee, Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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- Greece
Cells, Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
- Video
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- Greece
Chalandri Police Department
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 38° 1′ 12″ N, 23° 48′ 14″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 210 6899780
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Chania | Migrant Hangout: Appalling treatment of refugees and migrants by the authorities [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Chania | The 318 migrants found on Gavdos are at the Agia exhibition center | Photos [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Chania Police Department
Chania: Detainee found dead in police station detention centre [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Chios Closed Control Access Centre
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 38° 23′ 35″ N, 26° 4′ 14″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 22710 69240
- Type of Facility
- Closed Control Access Centre (CCAC)
Closed centres for refugees on Greek islands exacerbate psychological trauma
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Closed. Confining. Torturing? The Construction of Torturing Environments in Samos’ Hotspot Camps
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Cloudy water, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centres, October 2025
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Cobwebs in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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- Greece
Cockroach infestation in accommodation container, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Greece
Coerced into Subsistence: Deprivation of Liberty in the EU Reception and Identification Centres in Greece
- Year published
- 2025
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 3
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Collective amnesia in Amygdaleza
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Complaint / Immigrant died helplessly in a detention centre in Kos [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Concentration camps, Corinth and an article that shouldn't exist [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Conditions in administrative detention and access to asylum
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
Conducting a direct award tender process, with the lowest price award criterion, for the supply of electrical equipment for the needs of the Border Guard Departments of Orestiada, Didymoteicho, and Metaxades of the Orestiada Police Directorate [GR]
- Contract type
- Maintenance
- Publication date
- May 11, 2015
- Country of detention center
- Greece 3
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Confine to Protect: Greek Hotspots and the Hygienic-Sanitary Borders of Covid-19
Confronting the mental health emergency on Samos and Lesvos. Why the containment of asylum seekers on the Greek islands must end
- Year published
- 2017
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Containers bringing rain to Amygdaleza [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Containers in the Samos CCAC
Containers in the Samos CCAC
Continuation of detention despite the glaring deficiencies in healthcare inside PRDCs in the midst of a pandemic
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 7
Contract for the development of the surrounding area at the First Management Center for Illegal Immigrants, construction of a sealed sewage tank, two outdoor toilets and two showers, for the service of illegal immigrants, at the first management center for illegal immigrants of the Feres Border Guard Department in Poros, Evros, as well as the creation of accommodation spaces for the Operational Office of the Alexandroupoli Police Directorate [GR]
- Contract type
- Cleaning
- Publication date
- May 28, 2012
- Country of detention center
- Greece
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Coping with a fundamental rights emergency
- Year published
- 2011
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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Corinth cell
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- Greece
Corinth cell
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- Greece
Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 37° 55′ 50″ N, 22° 55′ 48″ E
- Type of Facility
- PRDC (Pre Removal Detention Centre)
Corinth shower
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- Greece
Corinth: Refugees denounce shameful conditions of abandonment - The videos of despair [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Corinth: Suicide attempt at the Aliens Detention Centre [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Corridor in accommodation area of Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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- Greece
Corridors, Cells and Bathroom in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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- Greece
COUNTRY REPORT IMMIGRATION DETENTION IN GREECE: STRANDED IN AEGEAN LIMBO
- Year published
- 2019
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
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Covid-19 and detention
Crete – Gavdos: 7,336 refugee arrivals in the first half of 2025, lack of management plan
- Year published
- 2025
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Crete – Gavdos: Sixfold increase in refugee arrivals in 2024 – Lack of organised first reception and accommodation infrastructure
- Year published
- 2025
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Crete: ‘The situation is unmanageable’ with the arrivals of migrants (GR)
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Crete: Overcrowding at migrant centers – Port authority officers warn of ‘dangerous conditions.’(GR)
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Crete: Overcrowding in migrant centers – Port authorities warn of "dangerous conditions" [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Crete: Two boats with migrants found in the south of the island - They are temporarily accommodated in Rethymno (GR)
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Crime and Anti-criminal Policies against Migrants and Refugees. Pagani Detention Centre as a Case Study
- Year published
- 2012
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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Crowd around snake, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Greece
Cruel Detention Policies in Greece on the Rise – Death in Moria Prison shows the Violence of Migrant Incarceration System in the European Hotspots
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Dafni Police Station
- Status
- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 37° 56′ 52″ N, 23° 44′ 5″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 210 9769831
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Damaged accommodation container without window, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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- Greece
Dark Rooms, Degrading Treatment and Denial: The Use of Violence in Greece's Pre-Removal Detention Centres
- Year published
- 2023
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 5
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Day 28, Year of #Mygration: Asylum seekers in detention in Greece
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
De los Santos and de la Cruz v. Greece
- Type of violation
- (Art. 3) Prohibition of torture
Dead immigrant at the "hands" of the Hellenic Police [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Agios Panteleimonas Police Department
- Kos Police Department
- Omonia Police Department
- Vyronas Police Department
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 4
Dead prisoner at Omonia Prison [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Death of a 45-year-old in Allodapon [GR]
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Death of an Afghan in the concentration camp in Corinth: CLOSE ALL THE HELLS NOW! [GR]
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
Deaths in police custody: Greece’s police is hiding the facts
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
Decision to Form a Committee for the conduct of the competition by direct award for the remuneration of works for the provision of services for the collection of waste and blockage of pipes of the cesspools-manholes of the buildings of the T.S.F. Feres and the Center for the First Management of Illegal Immigrants of Poros of the T.S.F. Feres as well as their detention centers, during the period from 01-02-2015 to 30-06-2015, up to the amount of twenty-four thousand five hundred euros (€24,500.00), including deductions and VAT [GR]
- Contract type
- Maintenance
- Publication date
- Feb 3, 2015
- Country of detention center
- Greece
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Decision to select the lowest bidder to an invitation to tender for a budgeted expenditure of sixty thousand euros #60,000.00 €# excluding VAT 23%, for the supply and installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) systems, for the needs of the Border Guard Departments of Tychero and Soufli of the Alexandroupoli Police Directorate and the Border Guard Departments of Metaxades and Orestiada of the Orestiada Police Directorate
- Contract type
- Security
- Publication date
- Jun 28, 2011
- Country of detention center
- Greece 4
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Degrading conditions in Samos CCAC: The European Court of Human Rights grants Interim Measures
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Dendias: Amygadleza Is One of the Most Modern Camps in Europe
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Deportation & immigration detention statistics in Greece: first half 2025
- Year published
- 2025
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 6
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Deportation and immigration detention statistics in Greece in 2025
- Year published
- 2026
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 6
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Detained and Forgotten at the Gates of the EU. Detention of Migrants on the Island of Kos
- Year published
- 2021
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
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Detained refugees and migrants in pre-removal centres in mainland Greece left to survive
- Detention Centre(s) related
- Detention Centre Country
- Greece 2
Detainee films snake in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, May 2026
- Video
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- Detention Centre Country
- Greece
Detainee found dead inside the Chania Police Department - Fourth death recorded inside a police station since the beginning of the year [GR]
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- Greece
Detainee gives tour of bathrooms and toilets in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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- Greece
Detainee gives tour of containers in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, June 2026
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- Greece
Detainee gives tour of rooms and corridor in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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- Greece
Detainee outside accommodation containers in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, early 2023
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- Greece
Detainee shows a snake caught in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, July 2026
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- Greece
Detainee shows conditions in the showers in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, April 2026
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- Greece
Detainee shows conditions in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, April 2026
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- Greece
Detainee shows container and food in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, June 2026
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- Greece
Detainee shows corridor, bathroom and lack of water from the tap in Corinth PRDC
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- Greece
Detainee shows his dinner in Corinth PRDC (screenshot from a video), May 2026
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- Greece
Detainee shows his dinner in Corinth PRDC (screenshot from a video), May 2026
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- Greece
Detainee shows hygiene conditions in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, May 2026
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- Greece
Detainee shows insects in his sleeping place in Corinth PRDC
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- Greece
Detainee shows the lack of water from the tap in Corinth Pre-Removal Centre
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- Greece
Detainee shows the toilet & window from their room in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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- Greece
Detainees by internal gate, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, early 2023
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Detainees in outdoor area of Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, early 2023
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Detainees protesting and chanting "freedom" in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, March 2026
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Detainees show trash and explains how they do laundry in Corinth PRDC
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Detainees showing the lack of running water in the Special Detention Facility of Serres, Sintiki, June 2026
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Detainees sit in yard of Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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Detainees sleeping without beds in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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Detainees' room in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Detainees' room in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Detention as Punishment: Can indefinite detention be Greece's main policy tool to manage its irregular migrant population?
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- 2014
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Detention as Punishment: Can indefinite detention be Greece's main policy tool to manage its irregular migrant population?
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- 2014
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Detention as the default. How Greece, with the support of the EU, is generalizing administrative detention of migrants
- Year published
- 2021
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Detention Conditions in Police Stations and Detention Facilities for Aliens
- Year published
- 2010
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- Greece
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Detention in Kos and Monitoring Practices
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Detention of Migrants and Asylum-Seekers: The Challenge for Humanitarian Actors
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- 2016
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Diavata Reception and Identification Centre
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- Operational
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- Coordinates
- 40° 42′ 8″ N, 22° 51′ 50″ E
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- 213 138 3600 (RIC Director)
- Type of Facility
- RIC (Reception & Identification)
Diavata RIC container
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- Greece
Diavata RIC controlled entrance
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Diavata RIC mattress
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Diavata RIC WC
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Didymoteicho Border Guard Department
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- Operational
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- 41° 21′ 40″ N, 26° 32′ 8″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 25530 25811
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Didymoteicho Border Guard Department 2022
Didymoteicho Border Guard Department, January 2022
Didymoteicho Border Guard Department, January 2022
Didymoteicho Police Department
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- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 41° 20′ 58″ N, 26° 29′ 47″ E
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- +30 2553022100
- Type of Facility
- Police Department
Digital Fortress Europe #3: Automation and surveillance in Fortress Europe
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- Greece
Dilapidated bathroom facility for detainees in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, Jan-Mar 2023
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Dilapidated bathroom in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Direct award decision for the provision of disinfection, pesticide, and insecticide services for all areas of the Border Guard Departments of Feres and Soufli, the Border Guard Office of Tychero, the Poros First Management Center for Illegal Immigrants of the Administrative District of Alex/polis and the Border Guard Departments of Orestiada, Didymoteicho, Metaxades and Kyprinos of the Administrative District of Orestiada, as well as the disinfection services for the transfer vehicles of the aforementioned Border Guard Departments of the Police Departments of Alex/polis and Orestiada, for a period from April to December 2018 [GR]
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- Cleaning
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- Mar 30, 2018
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- Greece 8
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Dirty accommodation container in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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Dirty communal toilets in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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Disgraceful living conditions in the ‘state-of-the-art’ Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) of Samos
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Documenting Immigration Detention in Greece: A Continuum of Extreme Violence and Complicity
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- 2023
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- Greece 13
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Dramatic times for refugees in Crete [GR]
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Drones & Artificial Intelligence at Greece’s high-tech borders
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- Greece
Dry cleaning (blankets)
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- Other services
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- Jan 28, 2023
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- Greece
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Dying in a cell at Petrou Ralli [GR]
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E.A. v. Greece
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- (Art. 13) Right to an effective remedy
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Elliniko-Argyroupoli police station
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- Operational
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- 37° 54′ 54″ N, 23° 45′ 19″ E
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- Police Department
EMN Annual Policy Report on Immigration and Asylum - 2012 - Greece
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- 2013
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- Greece
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END OF WOMEN' S HUNGER STRIKE AT PETROU RALLI POLICE DETENTION CENTER
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Ending up in Detention in the Island of Kos: The ‘Undesirable’ Foreigners
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Entrance to Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, 2025
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European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) Public statement concerning Greece
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- 2011
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Every year and worse in the Malakasa hotspot (GR)
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Examining the Status of Detained Migrant Unaccompanied Minors in the Greek Context: Crossing the threshold of a new era?
Exclusive: The conversion of Agia into a migrant detention facility in Chania has begun [GR]
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Explaining Immigration Detention in Greece
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External fencing with barbed wire
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- Security
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- Oct 18, 2019
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- Greece
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Facility functioning costs
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- Other services
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- Apr 10, 2017
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- Greece
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FARSI The Drowning Voice: Stories of migrant women from Greek Aliens’ Detention Centres
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- Greece 3
Feres Border Guard Department
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- 40° 53′ 5″ N, 26° 10′ 4″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 25554 40905
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- Police Department
Feres Border Guard Department, January 2022
Feres Police Department and Border Guard Department (closed)
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- Not in operation
- Coordinates
- 40° 53′ 40″ N, 26° 10′ 23″ E
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- Police Department
Ferry tickets for 40 migrants to transfer from Mytilene to Corinth
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- Transportation
- Publication date
- Sep 26, 2016
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- Greece
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Filiates Police Department
Fire in protest at horrific conditions in Amygdaleza pre-removal immigration prison, Athens Greece – footage and words from those detained inside
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Food distributed in the Samos CCAC
Food left out in rain, Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre, October 2025
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Food provided to detainees in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Food provided to detainees in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Food provided to detainees in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Foreign prisoner found dead at Omonia Police Station [GR]
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Forgotten: Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers
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- 2016
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- Greece
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Former Agia Exhibition Centre, Chania
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- Operational
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- 35° 29′ 39″ N, 23° 57′ 11″ E
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- Other, unofficial
Fortress Europe and the Crackdown at the Greek-Turkish Border
Four detention officers arrested for physical abuse of detainee at Amygdaleza (GR)
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FRENCH The Drowning Voice: Stories of migrant women from Greek Aliens’ Detention Centres
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From Exception to Extra-Legal Normality: Pushbacks and Racist State Violence against People Crossing the Greek–Turkish Land Border
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- 2022
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From the Field: Approaching Detention from Different Perspectives
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Frontier Europe. Human Rights Abuses on Greece's Border with Turkey
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- 2013
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Fylakio Pre-Removal Detention Centre
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- Operational
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- Coordinates
- 41° 34′ 52″ N, 26° 19′ 38″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 25520 95346
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- PRDC (Pre Removal Detention Centre)
Fylakio Reception and Identification Centre
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- Operational
- Country
- Coordinates
- 41° 34′ 55″ N, 26° 19′ 40″ E
- Phone number to contact
- +30 213 138 3401
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- RIC (Reception & Identification)
Giving Form to Chaos”: The Futility of Eu Border Management at Moria Hotspot in Lesvos
- Year published
- 2018
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- Greece 2
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Governing irregular migration at the margins of Europe. The case of hotspots on the Greek islands
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- 2017
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Greece
- Introduction
Immigration detention in Greece has been a central component of national border control apparatuses, particularly since the early 1990s. Whilst supposedly aimed at deterring irregular migration and securing Greece’s borders, these practices have led to a complex landscape marked by systemic human rights violations against people on the move.
Greece's immigration detention facilities have garnered widespread condemnation for their severe overcrowding and inhumane living conditions. Human rights organisations frequently report that these facilities lack essential services and amenities.
Numerous accounts document allegations of abuse by law enforcement within detainee facilities, with claims of physical violence, neglect, and humiliation coming from detainees, human rights monitors and activists. This culture of impunity complicates prospects for accountability, as complaints of misconduct by authorities are frequently ignored or dismissed. Oversight bodies, such as the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), have voiced serious concerns about the entrenched nature of these human rights violations, which stymie effective oversight. A significant impediment for detainees is the lack of awareness regarding their legal rights. Many individuals are not provided with adequate legal aid or interpretation services, which leads to confusion and a feeling of helplessness about their legal status.
Amidst these appalling conditions, detainees have expressed their resistance through organised protests, hunger strikes, and other forms of collective action, affirming their quest for dignity and recognition. Human rights NGOs and solidarity groups play a critical role in supporting these movements, amplifying the voices of affected individuals, and drawing attention to the injustices rampant within the detention system.
There is little official clarity over how many people are actually detained in Greece and the sites they are placed in. So, too, it is difficult to demarcate the detention estate. There are seven active pre-removal detention centres in Greece. Six centres on the mainland (Amygdaleza, Petrou Ralli, Corinth, Xanthi, Paranesti, Fylakio) and one on the islands in Kos. According to information provided by the Greek government, the total pre-removal detention capacity was 3,836 places by mid 2024. Foreign citizens are also detained in closed controlled centres on the islands, numerous police stations and other police buildings, like border guard stations. Throughout 2023, 24,174 detention orders were issued by the Hellenic Police. At the end of 2023, the total number of third country nationals detained in police stations or other facilities countrywide was 2,564. Furthermore, throughout 2022, the total number of unaccompanied children in administrative detention in Pre-Removal Detention Centres and police stations countrywide was 504.
Yet, there is more. In Evros, ad hoc facilities, mainly repurposed wheat warehouses, have been used over the years as spaces for detention. Research has also uncovered semi-official places, like the Poros Facility, which has been employed as an unofficial detention site prior to pushback operations, given the complete absence of any registration of detention. Testimony evidence collected by actors in the field suggests that detention in informal facilities prior to pushbacks is a common practice in the area. Researchers have also spoken about fenced yards, portacabins, warehouses, garages, and even animal pens.
The trajectory of immigration detention in Greece is concerning. The current right-wing government's rhetoric increasingly favours stringent control and punitive measures, raising alarms about proposals that may expand the scope and powers of the detention system. In light of these unfolding circumstances, documenting and addressing the realities behind bars is more urgent than ever.
Greece Country Report - 2023 update
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- 2024
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- Greece 7
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Greece Country Report - 2024 update
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- 2025
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- Greece 14
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Greece Immigration Detention Profile
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- 2018
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- Greece 2
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Greece investigates death of detained Pakistani migrant [GR]
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- Greece
Greece: Asylum seekers being illegally detained in new EU-funded camp
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- Greece
Greece: Back to Detention
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- Greece
Greece: Inhumane Conditions at Land Border
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- 2018
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- Greece
Greece: Investigate Pushbacks, Collective Expulsions EU Should Press Athens to Halt Abuses
- Year published
- 2020
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- Greece
Greece: Irregular Migrants and Asylum Seekers Routinely Detained in Substandard Conditions
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- 2010
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Greece: Ongoing Pushbacks and Tragedies – More Reports Highlight the Country’s Inhumane and ‘Failing’ Asylum System – ECtHR Rules Against the Authorities
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GREECE: SYSTEMATIC AND PROLONGED DETENTION OF IRREGULAR MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS PROVOKES RIOT
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- 2013
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Greece: Three new migrant centers to be built in Crete as part of migration bill
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- Greece 2
GREECE. Issues related to immigration detention. Joint Submission to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in Preparation for its Mission to Greece in December 2019
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- 2019
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- Greece
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Greece’s ‘new tactic’ of migrant expulsion from deep inside its land borders
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- Greece
Greece’s Moria camp fire: What’s next?.
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- Greece
Greek data watchdog to rule on AI systems in refugee camps
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Greek Minister Says Undocumented Migrants Should Be Punished With Jail Time
Greek Ombudsman Annual Report 2017
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- 2018
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- Greece
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Greek Ombudsman finds that CCAC is unlawfully restricting access to lawyers
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Greek police fire tear gas at migrants as border convoy grows
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Greek police fire tear gas at refugees demanding access to border
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GREEK The Drowning Voice: Stories of migrant women from Greek Aliens’ Detention Centres
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Hallway and entrance to detainees' rooms in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Hallway in Corinth Pre-Removal Detention Centre, December 2025
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Hashir Latif, who attempted suicide in Amygdaleza, is brain dead [GR]
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