A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 the Mediterrean route it was reportedly often overcrowded holding up to 220 people. At the time of the visit some containers were closed down. Families can share a container. The conditions of detention were good. The containers were clean and equipped with a fridge, air-conditioning and a water kettle. The containers were usually open during the entire day but conflict among detainees six months prior to the visit brought the authorities to close the containers for a few hours during the early afternoon. The provision of food and health care appeared to be sufficient. There was a nurse at the center on a daily basis, weekly visits by a doctor and an ambulance car for emergencies. The children had toys donated by residents of Chios. The prefecture is responsible for the maintenance and the police for security. But contrary to the migration detention centres and border police stations in the Evros region, the director from the prefecture is present and feels responsible for the maintenance of the detention centre. Individual cases Group interview of ten male detainees from Iran (3) and Iraq (7). They have been there since 2 September, and they do not know how long they will stay in detention. They think the officers do not know this fact either. All of them came from Turkey by boat, and were actually planning to go to Italy, but the boat’s motor broke in the middle of the sea. They had paid 600 Euros each to the smugglers. The two captains of the boat are in prison. They were never beaten by the police. They are helped by a lawyer from the UNHCR who works in the island and come once or twice a week. They say the food is good. Most of them say they have troubles sleeping at night since they wake up at any little noise because of their state of anxiety. They mention the guards are good to them, and that it is easy to access a doctor when needed. Since they have their cell phones, they are called by their families. However, they complain that they cannot go to Western Union to receive the money their families send to them, because in the past a detainee escaped on the way to the office. They assess that the worst in their life is not to know anything about their future. They do not understand the asylum procedure well, but do not wish to remain in Greece because they fear they would never be integrated in the society because of the language issue mostly. Parastu Mohamed Rashid and Volan Mahmud Mohamad, both aged 22, from Afghanistan, have not complained about the conditions in the facility (apart from that they have had to stay in the containers at noon from 12 to 4 pm) but wish to leave Greece. They met each other during their flight. He got the permission to leave the country within one month, and the deadline was the day after the interview. He was told that if he did not leave the detention facility, he would have to go to prison. But he did not wish to leave without her. She was originally registered as Iraqi and, therefore, not released. Then she has claimed to be Afghani which, according to the interpreter, might be true. During the debriefing the Special Rapporteur requested that they should be allowed to leave together. A.S.M., aged 30, from Iran, has two kids aged 9 and 7. Her husband was politically active in Iran. In 1999 they were both fleeing to the Northern part of Iraq. He stayed in Iraq, but she had health problems with her breast and decided to leave with her kids and Mr. Khabat Ismail, aged 26 years, who belongs to her family and wished to accompany them. A male detainee, aged 50, from Turkey had fled from persecution and was arrested on a small boat with 120 others by the Greek coast guard. The coast guard have treated them well and they received an initial medical examination by a doctor. The next day, after they were registered and their fingerprints were taken, they were brought to the migration center. He did not understand why he is detained because his family resides legally in Germany. He once saw a lawyer but did not know why and for how much longer he will be detained. He had received no information about the asylum procedure. He had tooth pain but no access to a dentist and only received pain killers. He could not receive any money from his 41