Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia

Thessaloniki Metagogon (Transfer) Centre

Greece

Status

In use

2024

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection

Management: Police (Government-local)

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

Reported population Conditions complaints? Capacity
106

2 April 2013

YES

2024

No Data
Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

The Metagogon facility is a part of the criminal justice system in Thessaloniki that is used as to temporarily confine people--including both criminal inmates and administrative detainees--before being transferred to other facilities.

NEWS & TESTIMONY
2024

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: "The respondent is 24 years old and is from Morocco. He was apprehended in Trikala, subsequently held in at Kalabaka police station for 20 da [...]

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FACILITY NAMES
Thessaloniki Metagogon (Transfer) Centre
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 40.662293190954955, 22.86527158483353

Contact Information
Pontou 56, 54628,
Menemeni, Thessaloniki, Greece
+30 2310789253

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2024
Closed/ceased migrant detention
2016
In use
2013
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Police station or jail
2024
Criminal
Police station or jail
2013
Management
Management
Type
Year
Police
Government-local
2024
Police
Governmental
2013

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2024
Categories of detainees

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2024

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2024

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2024

Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2013

Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Criminal detainees (convicted or remand)

2013
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Morocco

2024
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2024

SIZE & POPULATION

Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
106
2 April 2013

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Overcrowding

2024

Hygiene

2024

Bedding and clothing

2024

Medical care

2013

Recreation

2013

Outdoor exercise

2013

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Legal Segregation

Yes

2013

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

7

2024

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Unsanitary/inadequate detention conditions
2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2024

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: "The respondent is 24 years old and is from Morocco. He was apprehended in Trikala, subsequently held in at Kalabaka police station for 20 days, transferred to the Transfers Department of Thessaloniki (Metagogon) for one night. ... In Metagogon, the respondent was held in a cell with seven others and the conditions were reported as very poor, with dirty mattresses and bed bugs." (See: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc