Athens, Attica

Athens airport holding facility

Greece

Status

In use

2023

Type: Transit centre (Administrative)

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

Management: Police (Governmental)

Detains: Adult women, Asylum seekers (administrative), Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative), Undocumented migrants (administrative)

Capacity Reported population Conditions complaints?
50
16

20 October 2016

YES

2023

Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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The Athens airport holding facility is a transit center located at Athens International Airport that is used for the temporary detention of migrants and asylum seekers. The facility serves as a short-term detention space for individuals awaiting deportation or transfer to other facilities. However, there is limited information about the specific conditions or operations of this holding center.

FACILITY NAMES
Athens airport holding facility
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Athens, Attica, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 37.935657, 23.948349

Contact Information
Attiki Odos
Spata Artemida 190 04
Grèce
Civil Society Contacts

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


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


MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status In use

2023

Status Last documented use

2017

Status In use

2001
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Transit centre

2013

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2001
Management

Name Police

Type Governmental

2016

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Adult women

2023

Name Unaccompanied minors

2011

Name Adult men

2011

Name Adult women

2011
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2023

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2013

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2013

Name Asylum seekers-Dublin procedure (administrative)

2013

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2001
Countries of Origin

Country #1 Iran

2023
At-Risk Populations

At-Risk Population Asylum seekers

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 50

2013
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
16
20 October 2016
30
20 October 2016
26
15 April 2013
67
2 December 2012

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Short-term (3 days or less)

2023

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2016

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions

Solitary confinement

2023

Access to clean drinking water

2023

Outdoor exercise

2016

Freedom of movement within facility

2013

Outdoor exercise

2013

Lighting

2011

Ventilation

2011

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2016

Secure

2001

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2011
Age Segregation

Yes

2011

CELLS

Detainees Per Cell

1

2023

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate translation servicesUse of solitary confinement
2023

MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FACILITY BLOG

2023

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: “I was very scared and I was knocking on the door and screaming. They didn't even bring me a bottle of water. They completely forgot about me.” The respondent was then transferred to a police station located a 30 minutes drive from the airport for three days where her fingerprints were taken, she was searched, and her phone was confiscated.
(See: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc)

FACILITY TESTIMONY

2023

Testimony recorded by Border Violence Monitoring Network/Detention Landscapes: “I was very scared and I was knocking on the door and screaming. They didn't even bring me a bottle of water. They completely forgot about me.” The respondent was then transferred to a police station located a 30 minutes drive from the airport for three days where her fingerprints were taken, she was searched, and her phone was confiscated.
(See: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/a73yiaqhjc)