Greece should improve migrant detention, UN group says

A group of United Nations independent experts on Thursday said that Greece should improve detention conditions for migrants. The experts also reported that the country should implement recent legislation in view of enhancing screening procedures for asylum-seekers. “In most detention facilities visited by the Working Group, the conditions fall far below international rights standards, including in terms of severe overcrowding,” noted Vladimir Tochilovsky, a member of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, in statement released by the United Nations.
(01.02.2013) Kathimerini English Edition
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