Amygdaleza, Attica

Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre

Greece

Status

In use

2023

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 Conditions complaints?
1000
667

29 December 2021

YES

2023

Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

The "Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre" is Greece's 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
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 1665

2013

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 1642

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

Solitary confinement

2023

Medical care

2023

Food provision

2023

Access to clean drinking water

2023

Protection from Physical Violence

2023

Hygiene

2018

Recreation

2018

Medical care

2018

Medical care

2013

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2016

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

6

2024

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Doctor on Duty

At least once a week

2023
Nurse on Duty

At least once a week

2023
Psychologist Visits

At least once a week

2023
Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Use of solitary confinementInadequate food or water provision
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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)