Greece: Irregular Migrants and Asylum-Seekers Routinely Detained in Substandard Conditions
- Document number
- 2444
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Greece: Irregular Migrants and Asylum-Seekers Routinely Detained in Substandard Conditions
- Author/publisher
- Amnesty International
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Violence, Human rights violation, Crime against humanity, War crime, Armed conflict, Post-conflict situation, Terrorism,
- Summary
- The Greek authorities should undertake a comprehensive overhaul of the legislative framework, policies and practices regarding the detention of irregular migrants and asylumseekers, including in particular the treatment of unaccompanied children. These are the key conclusions from Amnesty International's latest research into this issue which shows that currently, immigration related detention in Greece is used without regard to its necessity or proportionality, and not as a measure of last resort. Asylum-seekers and irregular migrants, including unaccompanied children, are routinely detained at the country's points of entry and, within three days, are issued with an administrative deportation order. Usually, the deportation order is accompanied by an order for the continuation of detention. No alternatives to detention are examined.
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