Greek government commits to end indefinite detention of migrants

13 February 2015 Greece’s new Deputy Minister for Public Order, Giannis Panousis, announced that Greece is going to stop detaining migrants indefinitely. A year ago the Greek government introduced the policy of detaining irregular migrants subjected to return...

New study shows that alternatives to detention are underused

06 February 2015 Alternatives to detention are generally underused and applied to few people, according to a comparative study published by the Odysseus Network that examined national legislation and judicial practice in six EU member states: Austria, Belgium,...