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GREECE: Refugees describe dire conditions in migrant detention centres

22 February 2014

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"Granted political asylum in December, Farhad, detained for 14 months at the detention centre in Corinth, said detainees were packed scores to a room and often beaten by police. In protest at the appalling conditions, he and others sowed their mouths together and went on hunger strike"

See the full story: Refugees describe dire conditions in migrant detention centres (EnetEnglish, link)

See also: GlobalPost documentary shows footage recorded inside Corinth camp

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