Athens, Attica

Athens airport holding facility

Status

Last documented use

2017

Type: Administrative (Transit centre)

Authority: Governmental

Detains: Undocumented migrants, Asylum seekers, Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure

Capacity

50

2013

Reported Population

16

2016

Inadequate Conditions

Yes

2016

Greece

31,126

Immigration detainees

18,204

Detained asylum seekers

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Contact Information
Attiki Odos Spata Artemida 190 04 Grèce
Center status

Status Last documented use

2017

Status In use

2001
GDP facility typology

Category Filter Administrative

Type Transit centre

2013

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2001
National typology
Operating period

OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Management

Name Police

Type Governmental

2016
Security Regime

Security Level Secure

2016

Security Level Secure

2001
Maximum official detention period at facility

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016
Demographics

Name Adult women

2011

Name Adult men

2011

Name Unaccompanied minors

2011
Categories of detainees

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2013

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Name Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2013

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2001
Gender segregation

Gender Segregation Yes

2011
Age segregation

Age Segregation Yes

2011
Estimated capacity (administrative immigration detention facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 50

2013
Reported population at a specific time

Number 16

2016

Number 30

2016

Number 26

2013

Number 67

2012
Reports of adequate or inadequate conditions

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Outdoor exercise

2016

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Outdoor exercise

2013

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Freedom of movement within facility

2013

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Ventilation

2011

Adequate or Inadequate? Inadequate

Detention centre conditions Lighting

2011
Outsourced services and non-state actors
Armed guards
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Legal segregation
Family segregation
Capacity reserved for immigration detainees (criminal facility)
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Specially trained personnel
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Access by international organizations, civil society, national institutions
Family access
Consular access
Reported deaths at this facility
Reports of attempted or successful suicides at this facility

BUREAUCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS

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