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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11842
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration

Human Rights Watch alarmed at growing number of unaccompanied minors held in Greece

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...