MIGRASYL

News on migration and asylum from around the region - Nouvelles de la région sur les questions de migration et d'asile

Thursday, July 22, 2010

[Greece] ECtHR: Asylum seeker Held Illegaly in Squalid Conditions in Greek detention Center

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) unanimously held that Greece had violated Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights by illegally holding an asylum seeker in squalid conditions in a detention centre.

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