Amygdaleza, Attica

Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre

Status

In use

2026

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection

Management: Ministry of Citizen Protection of Greece (Governmental)

Detains: Asylum seekers (administrative), Unaccompanied minors, Adult women, Adult men, Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
1000
667

29 December 2021

Yes

20 March 2025

Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

29,233

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

The "Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre" is Greece's second largest immigration detention facility, with a capacity of 1,000 places. It is located in Amygdaleza, Attica, and is under the authority of the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection and managed by the police.


NEWS & TESTIMONY
2024

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: "[if] you don’t want to sign it because you don’t understand it they immediately change their faces and the way they look at you then the [...]

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FACILITY NAMES
Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Amygdaleza, Attica , Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 38.1153175636, 23.7451323867

Contact Information
Thrakomakedonon 162
Acharnes 136 72
Greece

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2026
In use
2023
In use
2022
In use
2021
In use
2020
Last documented use
2018
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2012
Management
Management
Type
Year
Ministry of Citizen Protection of Greece
Governmental
2024
Police
Governmental
2016
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Unaccompanied minors

2023

Adult women

2023

Adult men

2023

Adult men

2021

Adult women

2021

Unaccompanied minors

2021
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Sudan

Country #2 Algeria

Country #3 Somalia

Country #4 Georgia

Country #5 Egypt

2023
At-Risk Populations

Unaccompanied children

2023

Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1000

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 800

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 2000

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1642

2013

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1665

2013
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 4384

2021
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
667
29 December 2021
541
15 December 2020
459
7 February 2018
240
20 October 2016
280
25 November 2015
1624
2 April 2013

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2018
2018
2018
2013
Reports of riots or other unrest

Reported riots or other unrest? Yes

2014

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2016

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Mistreatment Complaints Yes

Details/Description Only on November 6th the 26-year-old Mohammed Asfak died of the consequences of beating by law enforcement officers in Corinth detention centre during one of the uprisings of migrants there 5-6 months ago. His injuries had not been taken care of adequately. He was only transferred to hospital after a break down. For 15 days he had been begging the police to bring him to the hospital as he had respiratory problems. When asking for medical aid, police even replied: “Die, we don’t care.”

Report date (Day) 6

Report date (Month) November

Report date (Year) 2014

2014

SEGREGATION

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

Number 6

2024

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2023
Nurse on Duty

Frequency At least once a week

2023
Psychologist Visits

Frequency At least once a week

2023
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Use of solitary confinementInadequate food or water provision
2023
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
Hashir Latif (30)
20 March 2025
Mohammed Asfak (26)
February 2015
N.A.
14 February 2014
N.A.
November 2014
N.A.
6 November
N.A.
22 July
Reports of self-harming
Self harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
1 20 March
Reports of Injury/Physical Harm
Injury/physical harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
6 November 2014

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Personal Cell Phones

Access to Personal Cell Phones Yes (unrestricted)

2023

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2024

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: "[if] you don’t want to sign it because you don’t understand it they immediately change their faces and the way they look at you then they start to be violent. hey [police officers] have ways to punish you, you know. They could lock you in your room and not allow you to use the toilet."
(See: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc)