{"id":11671,"date":"2021-07-30T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2021-12-14T18:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:32:17","slug":"detention-stats-first-half-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/detention-stats-first-half-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration detention in the first half of 2021: Systematic deprivation of liberty and inaccessibility of remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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UPDATED - Immigration detention in the first half of 2021: Systematic deprivation of liberty and inaccessibility of remedies<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Official data<\/a> for the first half of 2021 released by the Hellenic Police in response to parliamentary questions demonstrate that the Greek authorities continue to systematically detain<\/a> asylum seekers and irregular migrants. The figures reveal a severe violation of the duty of the state to use deprivation of liberty only as a last resort, when necessity and proportionality so require.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Figures at a glance<\/big><\/strong><\/p>

  • Serious disparities persist in the detention statistics held by different Greek authorities, namely the Ministry of Citizen Protection, the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and the Ministry of Justice. As a result, inconsistent data have been provided in response to the same parliamentary question.<\/li>
  • 9,575 detention orders were issued<\/li>
  • 4% of deportation decisions were followed by a detention order<\/li>
  • About 1 out of 10 detention orders were challenged before the courts<\/li>
  • Automatic judicial review quashed only 2 out of 3,918 detention orders<\/li>
  • Out of 2,392 people in pre-removal centres, 1,109 were held for over six months<\/li>
  • There were only 10 doctors for 2,392 detainees across 7 pre-removal centres<\/li>
  • Xanthi and Fylakio pre-removal centres had no interpreters, and Paranesti and Kos only had one each<\/li>
  • There were only 9 psychologists for the total number of detainees in pre-removal centres and only one psychiatrist in Tavros<\/li>
  • Health visitors were only deployed in Amygdaleza and Corinth<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Systematic recourse to detention <\/strong><\/p>

    During the first six months of 2021, the Hellenic Police issued a total of 9,575 detention orders under migration and asylum legislation. Of those, 7,247 were issued in the context of return proceedings under L 3907\/2011, 1,980 under deportation proceedings pursuant to L 3386\/2005 and 348 in the context of the asylum procedure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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