Greece is a destination country for many refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants from the Middle East and North Africa. The majority of these refugees come from Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Eritrea
Greece currently hosts about 50,000 refugees. They may have expected that Greece would be a gateway to the rest of Europe, but most of them can expect to remain in the country, since they can no longer legally travel deeper into Europe.
Since 2021, many of the refugee arrivals have been detained in what are called Closed Controlled Access Centres, which are similar to prisons, with their inadequate food, minimal and overcrowded housing, surrounded by fencing and watched over by security personnel.
In this episode of Human Rights Magazine, Nell Pollak looks into the situation in these Closed Controlled Access Centres.
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