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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10605
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) jha

Illegal migrants - Athens opens first detention centre

Brussels, 30/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Sunday 29 April, Greece opened its first detention centre for illegal migrants, with Athens also planning to build some 50 centres by 2013, the Greek media reported on Monday. This new detention centre, which is located to the north-west of the capital, in Amygdaleza, is expected to hold up to 1,200 people by mid-May, said the minister for the protection of the citizens, Michalis Chrysochoidis, and has received funding from the EU.

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