{"id":24326,"date":"2025-09-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=24326"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:21:34","slug":"detention-stats-greece-2025half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/detention-stats-greece-2025half\/","title":{"rendered":"Deportation &amp; immigration detention statistics in Greece: first half 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24326\" class=\"elementor elementor-24326 elementor-24294\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e65cc4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e65cc4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1f3b50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c1f3b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deportation &amp; immigration detention statistics in Greece: first half 2025<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b22a83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b22a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pressing need for legal aid<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca4e86e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca4e86e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24317\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain-1250x703.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/202509_detention_stats_plain.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11556cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"11556cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd8cbf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfd8cbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89fab1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"89fab1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40fb70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b40fb70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key figures<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb5d44 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bb5d44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Returns &amp; deportations<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>11,402<\/b> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hellenic Police decisions: <\/span><b>4,962<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">return decisions (Return Directive) and <\/span><b>6,440<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deportation decisions (derogation from the Directive). Main nationalities are Syria (2,029), Afghanistan (1,613), Egypt (1,239) and Albania (1,200).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>2,658<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">returns of third-country nationals, of which 1,808 concern nationals of Albania and Georgia, not represented in arrivals via Evros and the Mediterranean<\/span><\/p><p><b>Review of return &amp; deportation orders<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>172<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decisions challenged through an administrative appeal to the Hellenic Police (1.5%)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>6.4%<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approval rate in appeals before the Hellenic Police<\/span><\/p><p><b>Immigration detention<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>10,715<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detention orders: <\/span><b>3,092<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in return procedures (Return Directive), <\/span><b>6,438<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in deportation procedures (derogation from the Directive) and <\/span><b>1,185<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the asylum process (Reception Conditions Directive)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>18,441<\/b> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RIS \u201cfreedom restriction\u201d orders, including <\/span><b>5,399<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in RIC Malakasa<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>99.9%<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detention rate in deportation procedures<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>62.3%<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detention rate in return procedures<\/span><\/p><p><b>Judicial review of detention<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>1,819<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">orders challenged through objections before administrative courts (17%)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>50.2%<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approval rate in objections before administrative courts<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>0.6%<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rate of detention orders quashed in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ex officio <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review by the same courts based on the same provisions<\/span><\/p><p><b>Detention conditions<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>1,437<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people detained in pre-removal centres as of 30 June 2025, of whom <\/span><b>158<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amygdaleza and <\/span><b>128<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Corinth. Main countries include Pakistan (387 detainees) and Egypt (314 detainees)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #95b8a2;\"><b>212<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people detained in police stations as of 30 June 2025<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d3b8e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d3b8e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e192d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3e192d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The present note analyses official data on return, deportation and immigration detention in Greece in the first half of 2025, supplied by the Greek authorities in reply to <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/Koinovouleftikos-Elenchos\/Mesa-Koinovouleutikou-Elegxou?pcm_id=09433eba-c1e8-462a-a47e-b32800e8b118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>parliamentary questions<\/b><\/a><b>. The figures confirm yet again a continuation of the arbitrary and systematic use of deportation and detention against refugees and migrants, even for countries where returns are neither permitted nor feasible in practice e.g. Afghanistan or Sudan.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8522a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8522a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6c2b78 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c6c2b78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-md\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download the note (pdf)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69b06dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69b06dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27326e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b27326e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aafdfb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5aafdfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below, we present a selection of key statistical data on administration detention in Greece in the first half of 2025, drawn from the full content of the note.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403dfeb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"403dfeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1166a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1166a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Return procedures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8709b56 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8709b56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hellenic Police took a total of 11,402 decisions ordering removal from Greece during the first half of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceb1f84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ceb1f84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25271421\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25271421\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afca798 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afca798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Throughout the first half of 2025, Greece carried out a total of 2,658 returns and deportations. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These include 1,163 forced removals, 596 voluntary departures within a set deadline under a return decision, and 899 voluntary returns supported by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM):<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b7268b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4b7268b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25271493\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25271493\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-984c703 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"984c703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official data demonstrate that the overwhelming majority \u2013 over <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 of returns and deportations carried out in the first half of 2025 relate solely to nationals of Albania (1,012) and Georgia (796), not represented in arrivals from Evros and the Eastern and Central Mediterranean. Most returns were forced in the case of Albania, while most returns to Georgia were voluntary and implemented through IOM.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d2fd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7d2fd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resort to immigration detention<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbe71f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fbe71f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Administrative detention is ordered by the Hellenic Police. Detention orders by the Hellenic Police reached 10,715 in the first half of 2025.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detention, however, may also take the form of a so-called <\/span><b>\u201crestriction on freedom\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ordered systematically and automatically by the RIS in the course of screening procedures in RIC and CCAC. Throughout the same period, the RIS took 18,441 five-day freedom restriction orders and 8,487 extensions of such restriction. The majority of freedom restriction orders concern RIC Malakasa (5,399).<\/span><\/p><p><b>This year too, official statistics confirm that the Hellenic Police resorts to pre-removal detention systematically and not as a measure of last resort, in line with international, EU and domestic law. 99.9%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>deportation decisions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were accompanied by detention, compared to <\/span><b>62.3%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>return procedures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under L 3907\/2011.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main <\/span><b>countries of origin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of people placed in immigration detention in the first half of 2025 were <\/span><b>Syria <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1,988), <\/span><b>Afghanistan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1,565) and <\/span><b>Egypt <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1,413):<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77ea884 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"77ea884\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25271553\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25271553\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0086dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0086dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre-removal detention is conditioned upon the existence of a reasonable prospect of removal from Greece. However, <\/span><b>pre-removal detention was imposed against people from Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Sudan or Eritrea without a prospect of removal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to their country of origin or to T\u00fcrkiye. We recall that the percentage of positive Asylum Service decisions remain extremely high and close to 100% for several of the above countries.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f89df1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f89df1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Judicial review of detention<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9906ca1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9906ca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>1,819 objections against detention were lodged in the first half of 2025, corresponding to 17% of the total number of detention orders. Therefore, less than one out of five detention orders were challenged in court. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aforementioned obstacles to accessibility of the administrative appeal against return and deportation decisions, coupled with the complete absence of free legal assistance, adversely affect the effectiveness of access to the objections remedy as well.<\/span><\/p><p><b>50.2% of objections against detention examined by the administrative courts on the merits in the first half of 2025 were granted<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For yet another year, severe disparities persist between judicial review of detention in objections and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ex officio <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">judicial review of extensions of detention orders based on domestic asylum and return legislation, even though they relate to the very same provisions and are conducted by the same courts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>The administrative courts quashed more than half of detention orders challenged before them through objections, yet found less than 1% of orders they reviewed <\/b><b><i>ex officio<\/i><\/b><b> to be unlawful. <\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435d834 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"435d834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25271603\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25271603\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4631f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d4631f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We highlight yet again the pressing need for <\/span><b>free legal assistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to people subject to immigration detention, given that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ex officio <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">judicial review of detention remains manifestly ineffective, as corroborated by official data.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-179df66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"179df66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Detention conditions<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067dada elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"067dada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>1,649 people were held in immigration detention at the end of June 2025, a slight increase on the end of the previous year (1,626). <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of those, 1,437 were held in six pre-removal detention centres and 212 in police stations throughout Greece:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216fe65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"216fe65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25271786\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25271786\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1bef98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1bef98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>main country of origin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of people held at the end of the first semester of 2025 was <\/span><b>Pakistan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(387), whose nationals were mainly detained in Amygdaleza (158) and Corinth (128). The second main country was <\/span><b>Egypt <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(314), whose nationals were mainly held in Amygdaleza (95) and Paranesti (89). The top five countries of origin of people held in immigration detention at the end of the first half of 2025 include <\/span><b>Afghanistan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>T\u00fcrkiye<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data provided in reply to parliamentary questions refer to deployment of Health Units SA (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0391\u03bd\u03ce\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b7 \u0395\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u039c\u03bf\u03bd\u03ac\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u03a5\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, AEMY) <\/span><b>personnel in the pre-removal detention centres at the end of June 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8afb4cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8afb4cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-table\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25271834\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25271834\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e9a7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e9a7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These figures point to <\/span><b>constant gaps in health care for people in immigration detention and to a reduction in deployments of doctors and nurses compared to the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/immigration-detention-statistics-in-greece-in-2024\/\"><b>end of 2024<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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