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Detention and Reception Conditions

What is happening today in the refugee structures in the Aegean islands: Samos CCAC.

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What is happening today in the refugee structures in the Aegean islands: Kos CCAC.

What is happening today in the refugee structures in the Aegean islands: Leros CCAC

Sharp rise in detention orders, no access to remedies and legal aid in Greece

Greece encampment policy and services takeover lead to isolation and deny protection

This note analyses current detention practice based on the latest available statistics on immigration detention and judicial review thereof, as well as on testimonies from refugees detained in Greece.

Two years after the violent crackdown on citizens in Chios and Lesvos who oppose the transformation of the islands into prisons for refugees and migrants, dissatisfaction with the refugee response is growing.

Michalis Psimitis, Professor of Sociology at the University of the Aegean and Coordinator of the Anti-Racist Observatory of the University of the Aegean, explains the goals served by the escalation of control and surveillance regimes for refugees

Despite constant appeals from humanitarian organisations and dozens of media reports regarding the economic impasse faced by thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Greece in recent months, the problem has not been solved.

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