ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2017
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• Television sets in Xanthi and Thessaloniki, lending library and table
games in Xanthi, recreation space with no set activities in Moria.
• Communication through pay phones in Tavros and Thessaloniki, right
to use a cell phone in Moria (only from 5 to 8 pm), Corinth, Paranestion,
Xanthi and Orestiada, pay phones and cell phones in Amygdaleza.
• Psychologists, social workers, interpreters unavailable in Tavros, Amygdaleza, Corinth, Paranestion, Xanthi and Orestiada.
• Information on detainees’ rights and legal aid unavailable in Tavros,
Amygdaleza, Corinth and Orestiada.
• Lawyers’ access possible everywhere, usually with no time limitations.
• Visiting hours in Tavros 2 hours daily and 4 days a week, in Amygdaleza
3 hours daily, In Thessaloniki, 2 hours daily and 3 days a week, in Moria, Paranestion and Xanthi with no time limitations, usually in separate
guarded spaces.
More specific observations per detention space
• Tavros: The space has reached its full capacity; as a result superfluous detainees continue to be distributed to police station cells around
Attica, amounting to a total of 124 persons on the day of inspection.
Months long detention, in addition to poor conditions, as the old cells
are stretched to the limits of their capacity, as well as to the lack of information and interpreters, forms a poor overall impression. The Greek
Ombudsman has recommended, among other things, the increase of
yard time, the distribution of pay phone cards and the formation of a
separate space for patients and mothers with toddlers.
• Amygdaleza: Living conditions appear clearly improved compared to
the past, especially thanks to the decrease in the number of detainees.
However, the number of 8 persons per container should be cut in half,
for hygiene reasons, as the space is insufficiently ventilated. This could
happen perhaps if all wings were put to use, this of course resulting in
a need for more security staff and increased maintenance and cleaning
cost. In the operating wings, it was found that the effort to improve
building and material infrastructure was successful.
• Moria: After repeated observations on the security issues created by
the camps proximity to the hotspot, a separate gateway was created
for the Pre-removal Centre, which appears to be the main aim of recent
rioting. Co-existence of detention and hosting spaces burdens Moria
with a constant danger of tensions. The Greek Ombudsman has recommended removing the Pre-removal Centre from the hotspot or, as a
short term solution, improving the security conditions, ensuring basic
health care needs through the KEELPNO, as well as providing equipment for the recreation spaces and their actual use as such.
• Paranestion: The inadequate yard space and the abolishment of recreation or sports options, resulting from the inability to utilize the whole
area of the former camp, due to decrease in security personnel, is a ma-
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