Newly arriving migrants are detained on Samos island in the inadequate cells of the coast guard, among them women, children, elderly, sick etc. they are locked up in 30m2 and fed with the rest of the food from a retirement home once in 24 hours as well as the donations of some officers and solidarity people of the island.
Plans for the re-opening of the former detention centre have been postponed for the next year and after January 2013.
Meanwhile, Syriza parliamentarians sent a letter of inquiry to the Ministry demanding answers on the questions of detention conditions, reception and the new detention centre.