In a report published on Thursday, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) recognises the significant challenges posed by the influx of migrants to the Greek authorities, deplores the lack of European coordination, but urges Greece to change its approach.
Based on anad hoc visit which took place from 13 to 17 March 2020, this report denounces the detention conditions of migrants in the Evros region and on the island of Samos. Overcrowding, poorly lit and...