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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11842

3 August 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
Human Rights Watch alarmed at growing number of unaccompanied minors held in Greece
Brussels, 02/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

The number of unaccompanied migrant children held in unsuitable police cells and detention centres in Greece has increased alarmingly, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter, published on Wednesday 2 August, to Greek Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas.

According to the National Centre for Social Solidarity, a Greek governmental body, as of 19 July 2017, an estimated 117 children were in police custody awaiting transfer to a shelter, in sharp contrast to November 2016, when...