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The organization \u201cProasyl\u201d with the collaboration of the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) present the Report entitled \u201cWalls of Shame\u201d. The aim of the report was the recording and evaluation of the problems that asylum seekers and immigrants in detention are dealing with in the Detention Centers of Evros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The research took place in a period characterized by the repeated convictions of Greece from the European Court of Human Rights and the severe critique from international organizations due to the violation of human rights and the inhuman conditions at the Detention Centers of Evros. The same period is also characterized by the implementation of the Presidential Decree 114\/2010 and the presence of Frontex and RABIT in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report is the outcome of lawyers\u2019 missions in the area, which took place from August 2010 until October 2011 at the Detention Centres at Feres, Tihero, Soufli and Filakio. The data collected during that period concerns vulnerable groups in detention (unaccompanied minors, asylum seekers, victims of torture, people in danger in case of deportation or refoulement, as well as people whose nationality and age are wrongly recorded by the authorities).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main issues of the Report are, among others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conclusion of this Report can be summarized in one phrase:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEurope builds up visible and invisible walls against people in need of protection, exposing them to danger, leading them to despair, misery, and, in many cases, even death\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n