Feres, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Thrace

Feres Police and Border Guard Station

Greece

Status

Last documented use

2024

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection

Management: Ministry of Citizen Protection of Greece (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Unaccompanied minors, Adult women, Asylum seekers (administrative), Criminal detainees (convicted or remand), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Reported population Conditions complaints? Capacity
18

17 March 2020

YES

2023

No Data
Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

The Feres Police and Border Guard station has been used to detain migrants and asylum seekers since at least the 2000s, often in reportedly poor conditions that include lack of access to drinking water and health care. There have also been reports of physical mistreatment of detainees.

FACILITY NAMES
Feres Police and Border Guard Station
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Feres, Alexandroupolis, Evros, Thrace, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 40.848815, 25.873185

Contact Information
+30 213 138 3401

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Last documented use
2024
In use
2024
In use
2020
Last documented use
2018
In use
2012
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Police station or jail
2012
Management
Management
Type
Year
Ministry of Citizen Protection of Greece
Governmental
2023
Police
Governmental
2013
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2012

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2023

Unaccompanied minors

2023

Adult women

2023

Adult men

2020

Unaccompanied minors

2020

Adult women

2020
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2023

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2013

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2013
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Syria

2023
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity Reserved for Migration Detainees (criminal facility)

Number 72

2018

Number 26

2012
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
18
17 March 2020
38
7 February 2018
31
2 April 2013
145
2 January 2011

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2018
Average Days in Detention

Number of Days 3

2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Protection from Physical Violence

2023

Food provision

2023

Medical care

2023

Access to clean drinking water

2023

Solitary confinement

2018

Hygiene

2013

Outdoor exercise

2013

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2018

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

No

2009
Age Segregation

No

2011
Legal Segregation

No

2023

Yes

2013

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

10

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate food or water provision
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2023