Marousi, Greece

Marousi Police Station

Status

Last documented use

2023

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Ministry of Citizen Protection of Greece (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men

Conditions complaints? Capacity Reported population
YES

2023

No Data
No Data
Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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ABOUT

The Marousi Police Station, located in the northern suburbs of Athens, has been implicated in reports of migrant mistreatment, with concerns raised about prolonged detention, inadequate living conditions, and lack of access to basic rights, and incidents of violence.


NEWS & TESTIMONY
2023

"The respondent is 30 years old and is from Pakistan. He was apprehended close to Athens, detained for just under 13 months at multiple sites, and subsequently deported to Pakistan. Initially he was detained for 74 days [...]

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FACILITY NAMES
Marousi Police Station
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Marousi, Greece, Europe

Contact Information
Agiou Orous 16, Marousi 151 23, Greece
+302106875100

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Last documented use
2023
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Police station or jail
2025
Management
Management
Type
Year
Ministry of Citizen Protection of Greece
Governmental
2023

DETAINEES

Demographics

Adult men

2023
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Pakistan

2023
At-Risk Populations

Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2023
2022

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

SEGREGATION

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

11

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

No

2023

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Telephones

No

2023

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2023

"The respondent is 30 years old and is from Pakistan. He was apprehended close to Athens, detained for just under 13 months at multiple sites, and subsequently deported to Pakistan. Initially he was detained for 74 days at Marousi Police Station, where he was held with 11 other people in a dark and unclean basement room. The respondent had his fingerprints taken and was pressured into signing documents written in Greek which he did not understand, and no translator was provided. The respondent explained: '[The officers] gave us papers or documents for signature, they said that you have to do it right now. If we asked them questions, they said you have to sign, don’t ask questions from us'." (Detention Landscapes/Border Violence Violence Monitoring Network, Testimony 861487, https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io)