The new detention regime in Greece‏

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The new detention regime in Greece
Published on September 9, 2012
Instead of rights protection of refugees and migrants Greece is investing in a new detention regime. See some of the new detention centers.

The greek government is constructing a new detention landscape since the opening of the detention centre of Amigdaleza near by Athens. Only recently, in August 2012, a massive police lead pogrom (in Athens but also Korinth and elsewhere) resulted in the arrest of more than 2.500 migrants and refugees.
Due to the lack of detention capacities the government turned to ad hoc solutions turning i.e. former police academies in Xanthi and Komotini or military camps in Korinth into provisory detention camps. Continue reading ‘The new detention regime in Greece’: http://infomobile.w2eu.net/2012/09/09/the-new-detention-regime-in-greece/

Bron : Marion