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the risk of retaliation or harassment for being considered accessories to smuggling
operations.
118. Provide clear instructions and rules for the Hellenic Police and the Reception
and Identification Service on how to deal with migrants who have just crossed the
border and on how to systematically conduct individual screening to determine if the
person has protection needs.
119. Ensure full respect of the human rights of migrants in relation to
implementation of all readmission agreements concluded.
120. Ensure that migrants have full access to lawyers and interpreters in order to
appeal return decisions and prevent the refoulement of persons in need of protection.
C.
Reception facilities
121. Urgently consider alternatives to detention for all migrants, and especially
unaccompanied minors and families with children. Detention should only be ordered
in exceptional circumstances, as provided in Law 4375/2016, article 46, and in the
European Union Returns Directive.
122. Conduct individual assessments of the limited number of migrants for whom
detention is necessary and provide documentation of the individualized reasons why it
is necessary.
123. Strictly refrain from detaining unaccompanied minors or families with
children, in conformity with the principles of the best interests of the child and of
family unity.
124. Further improve detention conditions and procedural safeguards, and develop
appropriate regulations for all detention facilities, in line with international human
rights standards.
125. Ensure full access to all detention facilities for lawyers and civil society
organizations, and continue to ensure a system of systematic, independent monitoring
of detention centres.
126. Provide appropriate detention conditions in all centres, including in preremoval centers, and ensure that all migrants deprived of their liberty are able to
promptly contact their family, to have access to a lawyer who should be free of charge
if necessary, to seek asylum if the migrant requests it, to have access to a doctor and to
an interpreter as necessary, to have access to their mobile phones, and to have the
capacity to promptly challenge their detention.
127. Ensure that standards in all facilities in which migrants are held meet the
standards established by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CPT standards”, 2013 revision)
addressing specifically the special needs and status of migrants in detention, and by
the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.
128. Ensure, in cooperation with regional and international partners, more
appropriate long-term accommodation arrangements, and urgently establish decent
living conditions in all reception and detention centres for migrants and asylum
seekers by providing adequate health-care services, food, and sanitary conditions.
129. Provide clear and systematic information regarding all migration policies to all
stakeholders, including migrants themselves and all those who have a responsibility to
promote and protect the human rights of migrants, such as government officials,
international organizations, civil society and lawyers. Provide human rights training
to all government officials working with migrants, especially those who receive them
at borders and in detention.
130. Appoint camp management immediately for every hotspot and every open
camp, in charge of coordinating activities of all actors and protecting the human
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