Brussels, 31/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - Greece is becoming better in its management of migratory flows but is still experiencing considerable difficulties, particularly in terms of respect for migrants' fundamental rights. This is the observation made by Jan Mulder MEP (ALDE, Netherlands) who led a European Parliament delegation to Greece on 28-31 October. “The management of migration flows by the Greek authorities has considerably improved since 2010. However the situation in some detention centres like Vena and Ellinikon remains worrying (no daylight in the rooms, for example) and our delegation is asking for their immediate closure. Moreover, while we welcome the future transfer of responsibilities from the police to the new asylum service for the processing of asylum applications, we remain concerned about the important backlog, and we ask for this new service to be operational soon and to take it over and treat as soon as possible all the pending cases. We are also worried by some reports of racist attacks against migrants”, he says in a press release. The Parliament delegation travelled to the region of Evros at the Greek-Turkish border, and Athens. The MEPs visited detention centres for migrants in Fylakio, Feres, Poros, Vena, Amygdaleza and Ellinikon, as well as the new asylum service. They also visited the site of the fence in construction in the Kastanies region. In Luxembourg on Thursday 25 October the ministers for home affairs also discussed the Greek situation and welcomed a few improvements in terms of employing border guards and creating detention centres. (SP/transl.fl)