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The UNHCR, after the recent visit to the centre in Lesvos declared its particular concern for the detention of minors in the centre and denounced the overall conditions of detention unacceptable for those suffering illness related to the cramped and unsanitary conditions (UNHCR, 2009, http://www.unhcr.org/4a97cb719.html).
EC (2008) Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (as published in the official Journal L348 of 24.12.2008).
Namely, 58,602 arrested; 17,077 deported, of whom 14,403 were Albanians (HRW, 2008: 35, note 69).
For the history of the No Border network and the campaign ‘no one is illegal’ see Kopp and Schneider, 2003, http://www.makeworlds.org/node/29.
The shrinking options for migrants to have their asylum claim accepted may be the reason why, despite the extremely low approval rate, the number of asylum seekers in Greece increased from 2006 to 2007 (a 105 per cent increase as opposed to an 11 per cent in other EU member states HRW, 2008: 12).
These reflections emerged in conversation with Erene Kaptani, an activist and practitioner working with migrant minors detained in Lesvos. The conversation occurred at a private meeting in London, Kings Cross on 20 September 2009 following the No Border camp.
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Alberti, G. across the borders of Lesvos: the gendering of migrants’ detention in the Aegean. Fem Rev 94, 138–147 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2009.44
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