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Download : http://www.proasyl.de/en/home/&#160;■" Greece has been repeatedly criticised for its human  rights violations,specifically for the appalling detention conditions for immigrants in the border region Evros.Most important human rights institutions and organisation shave published reports condemning the fundamental deficits in the Greek reception and protection system.Following this harsh criticism, the Greek government declared its commitment to improve the asylum and reception system and therefore announced a national Action Plan 2010. However, so far there have been almost no improvements. Human rights violations continue. What we have observed in Evros area is a multilevel deterrence system implemented by the Greek police and Frontex.The detention in Evros is synonimous with brutality, despairand dehumanisation. In this case, calling an emergency of «mass-immigration» has given the Greek government and the EU an excuse for violating human dignity.Access to European territory, access to international protection■ The Greek government has begun to construct newphysical barriers – a 130 km long moat and a border fence –in order to keep any migrants from entering its territory.These barriers will not keep people in need of internationalprotection from trying to cross the border. Instead, they increasethe danger of border-crossings and can lead to morepersons losing their lives while trying to reach Europeanterritory and international protection.■ People lose their lives while tying to cross the borders.The survivors stay in detention without proper care.■ Access to international protection is not guaranteed inthe Evros region. Protection seekers who have enteredGreek territory often cannot file an asylum application withthe responsible authorities and are deterred from doing so.Lack of legal safeguards and remedy■ All new arrivals are automatically put into detention,without any individual assessment of the case.■ A system to clearly identify age, nationality protectionstatus or vulnerability of new arrivals does not exist.Consequently, there is no adequate treatment or referralfor particularly vulnerable persons, such as unaccompaniedminors, victims of torture etc, or protection seekers. Thereare cases of wrong nationality and age assessmet, whilethere is no provision to challenge the procedure regardingthis decision.■ Asylum seekers are automatically detained. Regularly,they are being detained for the maximum detention periodof up to six months, longer than persons who have notapplied for international protection. Detention functionsas a deterrence measure for applying for asylum.■ Migrants and refugees are deprived of basic rights indetention. There is no access to effective remedy againstdeportation and detention. There is no legal aid, no information,no interpretation.Readmissions and risk of refoulement■ The authorities automatically issue deportationorders against almost everybody without any individualassessment of the case.■ There are cases of removals of people who haverequested international protection.■ Amendments of the Readmission Protocol betweenGreece and Turkey facilitate the deportation to the countryof origin via Turkey without respect of the internationalobligations and exposing the readmitted to furtherviolations in Turkey.■ There is a risk of direct or indirect refoulement in violationof human rights law and the principle of non-refoulement.No adequate treatment for vulnerable groups■ No adequate reception conditions are provided forvulnerable cases and people in need of internationalprotection during detention and after release.■ Vulnerable cases such as mental or physically sick orvictims of torture stay in detention which deteriorates theirhealth condition.■ Unaccompanied minors continue to be in detentionunder deplorable conditions. In praxis, they have no legalrepresentation. There are not enough reception centersand the existing ones do not provide address the basicneeds of the underage adequately.Detention conditions and police violence■ Detainees continuously protest against detentiondemanding human rights and dignity. Instead of beingheard in most of the times the authorities repress violentlythese struggles.■ Police violence in detention has been often reportedduring our missions. There is no effective complaintmechanism, no protection of the victims and impunity forthe perpetrators."   (...)&#160;&#160;&#160;