Private security
firms are bidding to guard EU-funded migrant detention centres in Greece amid a
report by Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), which says poor conditions in some of
the facilities are causing disease.
British firm
G4S, the world's largest private security firm, is among bidders (Photo:
g4s.com)
Greek
authorities received EU money to refurbish and renovate Fylakio Oresteiadas, a
pre-removal detention centre located in a remote area near the Turkish border.
Greece now wants
to outsource its security, along with two other pre-removal centres in Corinth
and Paranesti Dramas, to a private security firm for €14 million a year.
