Orestiada, Evros, Thrace

Fylakio (Orestiada) First Reception Centre

Status

In use

2023

Type: Secure reception centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: First Reception Service

Management: Reception and Identification Service and police (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Asylum seekers (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
232
253

17 March 2020

YES

2023

Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

To country overview

The Fylakio detention centre is a "first reception" centre, which are used to detain irregular migrants and asylum seekers prior to their deportation or transfer. Originally known as the Fylakio Special Holding Facility, it has been the subject of significant scrutiny and criticism due to the conditions in the centre.

FACILITY NAMES
Fylakio (Orestiada) First Reception Centre
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Orestiada, Evros, Thrace, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 41.4988389223, 26.5347719193

Civil Society Contacts

Organisation: Border Violence Monitoring Network
Website: https://borderviolence.eu


Organisation: Detention Landscapes
Website: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2020

Status Last documented use

2018
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Secure reception centre

2013
Management

Name Reception and Identification Service and police

Type Governmental

2018

Name First Reception Service

Type Governmental

2013
Custodial Authorities

Agency First Reception Service

Ministry Ministry of Migration Policy

Ministry Typology Immigration or Citizenship

2018
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2013

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2023

Name Adult women

2022

Name Unaccompanied minors

2022

Name Unaccompanied minors

2020

Name Accompanied minors

2020

Name Families

2020
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Morocco

2023
At-Risk Populations

At-Risk Population Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 232

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 240

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 60

2013
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
253
17 March 2020
319
7 February 2018
Reports of Detainee Overpopulation at Facility

Reported Overpopulation Yes

2018

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2018

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Hygiene

2023

Food provision

2023

Protection from Physical Violence

2023

Bedding and clothing

2023

Medical care

2023

Hygiene

2020

Bedding and clothing

2020

Overcrowding

2020

Medical care

2018

Recreation

2018

Overcrowding

2018

Separation of different categories of detainees

2018

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2018

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2018

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

No

2023

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

10

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Indoor Communal Space

No

2020
Leisure Equipment

No

2020
Activities/Education for Children

No

2020

HEALTH

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

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

Yes

2023

FACILITY BLOG

2023

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: "He was arrested shortly after arrival and detained for 25 days at Fylakio RIC and subsequently for 30 days at Paranesti PRDC. The conditions at Fylakio were very dirty and the respondent reported: “Everyone there was sleeping on the floor.” The respondent initiated an asylum application at Fylakio but was transferred to Paranesti PRDC before receiving a decision."
(See: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc)

FACILITY TESTIMONY

2023

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: "He was arrested shortly after arrival and detained for 25 days at Fylakio RIC and subsequently for 30 days at Paranesti PRDC. The conditions at Fylakio were very dirty and the respondent reported: “Everyone there was sleeping on the floor.” The respondent initiated an asylum application at Fylakio but was transferred to Paranesti PRDC before receiving a decision."
(See: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc)