Last updated: December 2009
Greece Detention Profile
List of Detention Sites
Disclaimer | Sources | Categories
| Name | Status (Year) | Location | Facility Type | Security | Authority | Management | Capacity | Reported Single Day Pop. | Demographics & Segregation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amygdaleza Special Foreigners Holding Centre for Minors | In use (2009) | Amygdaleza, Attica (Amigdaleza) | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 40 (2009) | 42 (September 2008) | Minors. | |
| Aspropyrgus Holding Facility for Irregular Migrants | In use (2009) | Attika | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | Attika Foreigners Directorate | 140 (2009) | 54 (September 2008) | Adult males. |
| Feres Border Guard Station | In use (2009) | Alexandroupoli | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 95 (September 2008) | Adult males & females. No gender segregation. | ||
| Filakio Detention Centre (Fylakio-Kyprinou) | In use (2009) | Filakio, Orestiada (Fylakio) | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 370 (2008) | 343 (314 men, 26 women, 3 children) (2008) | Adult males & females, minors. Gender segregation, segregation of minors. | |
| Iasmos Border Guard Station | In use (2009) | Rhodopi | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 20 (2009) | Adult females & minors. | ||
| Isaakio Border Guard Station | In use (2008) | Orestiada | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | ||||
| Kordello Border Guard Station | In use (2008) | Thessaloniki | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | ||||
| Mersinidi Detention Centre | In use (2008) | Chios (Hios) | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Public Order, Chios Prefecture (MJ) | 200 (2006) | |||
| Metaxades Border Guard Station | In use (2009) | Orestiada | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 10 (September 2008) | Minors. | ||
| Neo Himoni Border Guard Station | In use (2008) | Orestiada | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | ||||
| Pagani Mytilini Special Facility for irregular migrants (Lesvos reception centre) | In use (2009) | Mytilini, Lesvos | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Public Order, Lesbos Prefecture (MJ) | Lesvos Prefectural Government (MS) | 300 (2009), 400 (2008) | "more than 900" (August 2009); 990 (November 2008); 800 (July 2008); 830 (October 2008) " | Adult males & females, minors. Gender segregation, segregation of minors, family units. |
| Petrou Ralli Street / Kentrikou Holding Facility for irregular migrants | In use (2009) | Athens, Attika | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | Attika Foreigners Directorate | 358 (208 male, 150 female, 2008) 380 (2007) | 259 (185 male, 74 female) (September 2008) | Adult males & females. Gender segregation. |
| Samos Detention Centre | In use (2008) | Island of Samos | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | 400 (2007) | Adult males & females. Gender segregation. | |||
| Soufli Border Guard Station | In use (2009) | Alexandroupoli | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 30 (September 2008) | Adult males & females. No gender segregation. | ||
| Thermi Border Guard Station | In use (2009) | Thessaloniki | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 8 (September 2008) | Adult females. | ||
| Thessaloniki Detention Centre | In use (2008) | Thessaloniki | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Seccure (SC) | 108 (2008), 181 (2006) | Adult males. | |||
| Tichero Border Guard Station | In use (2009) | Orestiada | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | ||||
| Venna Detention Centre | In use (2009) | Venna | Migrant detention centre (T1DC) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Public Order, Rodopi Prefecture (MJ) | 300 (2006) | |||
| Xanthi Police and Border Guard Station | In use (2009) | Xanthi | Prison or Police Station (T1PR) | Secure (SC) | Ministry of Interior (MI) | 35 (2009) | 70 (September 2008) |
Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)
- Amnesty International (AI). 2007. "Greece" in Amnesty International Report 2007.
http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Europe-and-Central-Asia/Greece (accessed 28 August 2007 - AI. 2009. Amnesty Report 2009: The State of the World’s Human Rights. London: Amnesty International. POL 10/0012009. http://report2009.amnesty.org/sites/report2009.amnesty.org/files/documents/air09-en.pdf (accessed 27 July 2009)
- Brothers, Caroline. 2008. “Unwilling New Frontier for Migrants: 3 Greek Isles.” New York Times, 3 January 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/world/europe/03greece.html (accessed 31 August 2009)
- Council of Europe. 2006. Response of the Government of Greece to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degradating Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Greece from 27 August to 9 September. Annex N° 1. Strasbourg, 20 December 2006. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/grc/2006-42-Appendices.pdf (accessed 28 August 2007)
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). 2009. Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 23 to 29 September 2008. Strasbourg: CPT. CPT/Inf/ (2009) 20. 30 June 2009. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/grc/2009-20-inf-eng.htm (accessed 29 July 2009)
- European Parliament. 2007. Report from the LIBE Committee Delegation on the Visit to Greece (Samos and Athens). Brussels, 2 July 2007. http://www.cir-onlus.org/RApportoLIBE2007.pdf (accessed 28 August 2007)
- Greek Ministry of Interior. 2009. Response of the Government of Greece to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Greece from 23 to 29 September. Strasbourg: CPT. CPT/Inf (2009) 21. 30 June 2009. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/grc/2009-21-inf-eng.pdf (accessed 29 July 2009)
- Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2008. Stuck in a Revolving Door: Iraqis and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants at the Greece/Turkey Entrance to the European Union. HRW. 26 November 2008. http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/11/26/stuck-revolving-door-0 (accessed 29 October 2009)
- HRW. 2009b. "Greece: Unsafe and Unwelcoming Shores." 31 October 2009. http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/<WBR>2009/10/31/greece-unsafe-and-<WBR>unwelcoming-shores (accessed 10 December 2009)
- Indymedia UK. 2007. "Mobilisation against detention camps in Northern Greece." 8 May 2007. http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/369990.html (accessed 28 August 2007)
- Medecins sans Frontieres. 2009. "Greece: 'They could not understand why they and their children were being detained’." MSF: 9 September 2009. http://doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=3921&cat=field-news# (accessed 22 October 2009)
- Migreurop. "Foreigners' camps in Europe and in Mediterranean countries," Migreurop. http://www.migreurop.org/IMG/pdf/carte-en.pdf (accessed 29 October 2009)
- PRO ASYL. 2007. The truth may be bitter, but it must be told: The Situation of Refugees in the Aegean and the Practices of the Greek Coast Guard. Frankfurt / Main: PRO ASYL. http://www.proasyl.de/fileadmin/proasyl/fm_redakteure/Kampagnen/Stoppt_das_Sterben/Griechenlandbericht_Engl_01.pdf (accessed 31 August 2009)
