Joint submission to the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT):
Report on the Conditions in Pre-Removal Detention Centres in Greece
Joint submission by Mobile Info Team, Border Criminologies and the Border Violence Monitoring Network
12th December 2024
During its November 2023 visit, the European Council Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) delegation carried out follow-up visits to Corinth PRDC, Fylakio PRDC, Kos PRDC, Paranesti PRDC, Petrou Ralli (Tavros) PRDC and Xanthi PRDC, and published its findings in a report issued in July 2024. Between December 2023 and December 2024, the submitting organisations conducted research on the conditions in PRDCs in Greece, the findings of which indicate that the Greek State continues to act in direct violation of human rights standards and recommendations issued by the CPT following its November 2023 and previous visits to PRDCs in Greece. We assert that Greece is subjecting third country nationals undergoing administrative detention in pre-removal facilities to conditions which could amount to torture or inhuman and degrading treatment. In light of this, we urge the Committee to give special attention to the human rights situation in Greece’s pre-removal facilities and to take appropriate action. This is crucial in order to increase pressure on Greece to end these violations that have persisted over many years and have been long documented both by the Committee and by civil society organisations.
