Amygdaleza "The five star Detention Centre"
Channel: Rebecca Harms MdEP
Date: 08/11/2013

On the 10th November this year, Greens/EFA MEPs visited the Amygdaleza detention center in Attica, Greece. Under EU law, detention should be considered a last resort and decided on an individual and case-by-case basis, when other measures have been exhausted. The Amygdaleza detention centre, our MEPs were told, is one of the best in Greece. However, the substandard conditions are unacceptable for an EU member state. Not only are the conditions inhumane, but our group encountered detained unaccompanied minors at the centre.