Shedding light on hidden detention sites with #DetentionLandscapes.
5️⃣Samos:
➡️ in a remote area of the island
➡️official capacity of 3,650 but overcrowding is frequent
➡️functions as reception facility but with a prison-like structure and new arrivals are held under temporary detention measures
Shedding light on hidden detention sites with #DetentionLandscapes.
4️⃣ Amygdaleza:
➡️opened in 2012, Greece’s 1st purpose-built detention camp
➡️2nd largest detention site in Greece- connected to a police training academy 15km from Athens
➡️detains men and women- asylum seekers and undocumented people
Shedding light on hidden detention sites with #DetentionLandscapes. 3️⃣ Xanthi:
➡️first detained undocumented people in 2012
➡️remotely located in northern Greece - far from services
➡️detains men only - both undocumented and asylum seekers
➡️site previously functioned as a regional police academy
Shedding light on hidden detention sites with #DetentionLandscapes. 2️⃣Petrou Ralli:
➡️immigration detention facility in Athens
➡️opened in 2005 as one of 1st centres to detain migrants
➡️detainees report monotony, distress, neglect
Shedding light on hidden detention sites with #DetentionLandscapes. 1️⃣ Corinth:
➡️built in 2012 on a former military camp, 1hr from Athens
➡️largest immigration detention centre in Greece
➡️detains men who are undocumented/asylum seekers
➡️ criticised for poor conditions, overcrowding, ill-treatment
Immigration detention in Greece is a shady business. In 2024/25, #DetentionLandscapes collaborated with a 3D modelling specialist Boudewyn vD and a team of volunteers to visually recreate 5 immigration detention sites.
detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/page/8qm9...
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🟠 BVMN’s December report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Conditions in the Lipa TRC
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🟠 BVMN’s November report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This edition features a special contribution from @borderline-europe.bsky.social
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
📖 The statement on 'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza is now also available in Greek: www.mobileinfoteam.org/psychologica...
With the English and Arabic versions available here: borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
@borderviolence.bsky.social
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🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia
❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police
📢 We stand in solidarity with all those who are protesting to access their rights and call the Greek authorities to urgently ensure all have access to fair asylum procedures, procedural guarantees and dignified living conditions in open state facilities while their procedures are pending.
All of this is compounded by a climate of confusion, with people struggling to gain access to asylum procedures despite the suspension on asylum applications being lifted 2weeks+ ago. This was described as 'psychological pressure' to push those who are still detained to sign for deportation.
People report horrific detention conditions in the PRDC, including little to no access to hygiene and appropriate medical care, no clothes distribution and infestations of rats, bugs and snakes. Reports of police violence - both verbal and physical - were also made.
🚨 Today, with MIT's support, BVMN (@borderviolence.bsky.social) reports on 'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza: over 30 people started a hunger strike this week, asking for the respect of their rights to apply for asylum and to fair and dignified treatment. borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
@europarl.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social @melissacamara.bsky.social @estrellagalan.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social l
Read the full statement here: borderviolence.eu/uploads/docu...
🚨 Today, MIT joins 200+ others in calling for the rejection of the EU’s proposed “Return Regulation”. Really about deportation, it will expand detention, fuel racial profiling & weaken safeguards. Europe needs dignity, care & solidarity — not punishment & profit at the cost of fundamental rights.
On #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we must ask: can democracy coexist with the systematic violation of refugee rights ❓
Short answer: No.
Long answer 🧵
All additional documents can be found at the same link as the report: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social
✏️ Augmenting our April report on police detention, short versions are now available in:
English
Arabic - العربية
Urdu - اردو
Farsi - فارسی
Kurdish - Kurdî
Greek - Eλληνικά
French - Français
As well as a dedicated briefing on the application of the EU’s Return & Reception Conditions Directives. 💪
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🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
The decision of the CM to close the supervision of asylum procedures marks the loss of a critical mechanism of oversight into a defective and dehumanising system, at a time when the right of access to asylum is facing steady political erosion.
These include unstable access to asylum, chronic delays in asylum procedures, frequent technical issues with the online registration platform, the arbitrary use of the 'safe third country' concept, and issues with the effectiveness and accessibility of appeals procedures, among others.
✅ We appreciate the decision of the CM to continue monitoring living and detention conditions, and the lack of effective remedies.
❌We regret, however, the decision to stop monitoring asylum procedures, despite civil society repeatedly warning about serious flaws in Greece’s asylum system.
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Addressing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases. @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social @equallegalaid.bsky.social
Joint statement by 72 organisations: The unlawful suspension of access to #asylum in #Greece must be immediately withdrawn
#refugees #Crete
Statement including all signatures:
👉 rsaegean.org/en/withdraw-...
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Enough is enough. We strongly urge the reversal of these measures, and expect Greek authorities and EU institutions to demonstrate commitment to the rights and values that bind us.
On 11 July, the Greek gov adopted a new law suspending asylum processing for 3 months, in addition to ordering the summary arrest, detention and deportation of all new arrivals. These amount to flagrant violations of EU and international law.
