Athens, Attika

Petrou Ralli pre-removal detention centre

Greece

Status

In use

2023

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection, Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection

Management: Police (Governmental)

Detains: Adult men, Adult women, Asylum seekers (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
150
84

29 December 2021

YES

2023

Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Petrou Ralli pre-removal detention centre
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Athens, Attika, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 37.975732844, 23.6896133423

Contact Information
24, Petrou Ralli Street, Athens.
+30 210 340 5901
Civil Society Contacts

Organisation: Border Violence Monitoring Network
Website: https://borderviolence.eu


Organisation: Detention Landscapes
Website: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status In use

2022

Status In use

2021

Status In use

2020

Status Last documented use

2018

Status In use

2009
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2016

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2009
Management

Name Police

Type Governmental

2016

Name Attika Foreigners Directorate

Type Governmental

2009
Outsourced services and non-state actors

Provider Medical Intervention

Service Health care

2013
Operating Period

Year of Entry 2005

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult men

2023

Name Adult women

2023

Name Adult women

2011

Name Adult men

2011

Name Unaccompanied minors

2011

Name Families

2011
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2023
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Tunisia

Country #2 Iraq

Country #3 Syria

Country #4 Albania

Country #5 Morocco

2023
At-Risk Populations

At-Risk Population Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 150

2022

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 150

2021

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 340

2018

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 370

2016

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 340

2013

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 380

2007
Facility Average Daily Population (year)

Number 20

2008
Total Migration Detainees: Entries + Remaining from Previous Year

Number 1003

2021
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
84
29 December 2021
180
20 October 2016
183
20 October 2016
191
25 November 2015
188
2 April 2013
259
2 September 2008

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Access to clean drinking water

2023

Food provision

2023

Food provision

2023

Hygiene

2023

Medical care

2023

Protection from Physical Violence

2023

Hygiene

2016

Freedom of movement within facility

2016

Outdoor exercise

2016

Medical care

2016

Outdoor exercise

2015

Recreation

2015

Lighting

2015

Hygiene

2015

Medical care

2015

Recreation

2013

Overcrowding

2013

Hygiene

2013

Outdoor exercise

2013

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2016

Secure

2009

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

2016

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2013

Yes

2011

Yes

2009
Age Segregation

Yes

2011

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

6

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Unsanitary/inadequate detention conditionsInadequate food or water provision
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

Yes

2023

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2024

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: “If they arrest us, they need to tell us the reason why they arrest us. And when we are to fill in the form, they should translate it. They just make us sign and put us in the jail. Without any reason, with documents which were not expired.” “We have the issue that there are 2-3 people in one room, and it’s not like we can go out from our room at any time. We have some hours that we can go out. It’s not very clean.”