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1 | Detained and Desperate – Undocumented Migrants in Greece | Gresy : Fahadisoam-panantenan'Ireo Tsy Misy Taratasy Ara-Dalàna Migadra |
2 | This post is part of our special coverage Europe in Crisis. | Isan'ny fanadihadiana ataonay momba ny Krizy any Eoropa ity lahatsoratra ity. |
3 | Stories of despair were transmitted through Twitter, when politicians, journalists and anti-racism activists visited a detention facility within the Drapetsona police station in Piraeus city, where more than 100 unauthorized migrants are living in cramped, dark and deplorable conditions. | Naparitaka tao amin'ny Twitter ny tantaran'ny hadisoam-panantenana, rehefa avy nitsidika ny tobin'ny mpitandro filaminana any Drapetsona any Piraeus , toerana misy ireo mpifindra monina tsy nahazo alàlana maherin'ny 100 miaina amin'ny toerana tsy mendrika sy haizina ireo mpanao politika, mpanao gazety ary ireo mpikatroka mafàna fo mpanohitra ny fanavakavahana. |
4 | One detainee said he hadn't seen the sun for months. | Misy olona iray voatàna niteny fa efa am-bolana maro izy no tsy nahita masoandro. |
5 | Another had attempted suicide. | Iray hafa nanandrana namono tena. |
6 | I was part of the group that visited the detention facility outside capital city Athens on April 6, 2013. | Isan'ireo vondrona nitsidika ilay toby any ivelan'i Atena renivohitra aho ny 6 Aprily 2013. |
7 | In this post, I describe the conditions of the migrants through my tweets and include testimonies from other people who also visited the facility or #GreekGuantanamo, as it was referred to on Twitter. | Ary amin'ny alàlan'ny bitsiko ahitàna ny fijoroana vavolombelon'ireo mpitsidika hafa no hamaritako ny fepetra iainan'ireo mpifindra monina ao #GreekGuantanamo, anarana iantsoana azy ao amin'ny Twitter. |
8 | Protest against inhuman immigrant detention conditions in Drapetsona. | Hetsika manohitra ny fitazonana tsy araka ny maha-olona atao amin'ny mpifindra monina any Drapetsona. |
9 | Photo by author | Sary avy amin'ny mpanoratra |
10 | More than 60,000 migrants have been detained in police stations ever since sweep operations, under the name of “Xenios Zeus” (ironically, the name of the Greek god of hospitality) were initiated in August 2012. Only 4,000 have been formally arrested. | Maherin'ny 60.000 ny mpifindra monina voatàna ao amin'ny mpitandro ny filaminana hatramin'ny fiandohan'ny fisamborana atao hoe : “Xenios Zeus” (anarana fanesoana satria anaran'ny andriamanitry ny fiantràna Grika) izay nanomboka ny volana Aogositra 2012. 4.000 ihany no voasambotra ara-dalàna. |
11 | Since the 1990s, Greece has become a popular entry and transit point into the EU, for hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. | Hatramin'ny taona 1990, nanjary toerana fidirana sy fandalovan'ny olona ho any amin'ny Firaisambe Eoropeana i Gresy, ho an'ireo mpifindra monina tsy nahazo alàlana, an'hetsiny avy any Afrika, Azia ary Afovoany Atsinanana. |
12 | Anti-immigration, fascist groups, including the neo-Nazi “Golden Dawn” party, have increasingly become vocal in a country with a weakened economy and few jobs. | Ny mpanohitra ny fifindrà-monina, ny vondrona fasista izay misy ny antoko Nazi amin'ny endriny vaovao “Golden Dawn”, dia nampiaka-peo ao amin'ny firenena izay marefo ara-toekarena sy vitsy asa. |
13 | According to some statistics, illegal immigrants currently make up 10% of the Greek population. | Ny 10%-n'ny vahoaka Grika dia mpifindra monina tsy ara-dalàna avokoa, araka ny antontan'isa. |
14 | For the second time in two months, a delegation visited this particular police station to record the conditions under which unauthorized migrants that fail to meet Greece's legal living requirements are forced to endure. | Fanindroany izao tao anatin'ny roa volana, no nisy iraka nitsidika io tobin'ny mpitandro filaminana manokana io mba hitantara ny fepetra tsy maintsy iaretan'ireo mpifindra monina tsy ara-dalàna izay tsy mahafeno ny fepetra ahafahana miaina ara-dalàna any Gresy. |
15 | Most members of the visiting delegation were motivated by a detailed letter [el] from George Karystinos, a member of the Antifascist Front of Piraeus, who was a part of the first delegation that visited the police station and witnessed the conditions there. | Ny maro tamin'ireo mpitsidika dia natosiky ny taratasy iray mitantara amin'ny antsipirihany nosoratan'i George Karystinos, mpikambana ao amin'ny Vondron'ny Mpanohitra ny fasista avy any Pirée izay isan'ireo iraka voalohany nitsidika io tobin'ny mpitandro filaminana io ary vavolombelona nahita maso ny fepetra niainan'ireo voatàna tao. |
16 | What he described was utterly shocking. | Tena nahatezitra izay voasoratra tao. |
17 | About 100 migrants were detained in a 70 meter-square space, some of them for more than 9 months. | Eo ho eo amin'ny olona 100 no tànana ao anaty trano mirefy 70 metatra tora-droa, ny sasany aza efa 9 volana no tao. |
18 | Some migrants were on hunger strike after a fellow 28-year-old Palestinian detainee, had tried to commit suicide because of the conditions there, and they were allegedly beaten by police officers to end their strike. | Mitokona tsy mihinan-kanina ny sasany amin'ireo gadra ireo taorian'ny nanandraman'ilay tovolahy Palestiniana 28 taona namono tena, noho ny zava-mitranga manjaka ao, ary voalaza fa darohan'ny mpitandro filaminana izy ireo mba hampitsaharan'izy ireo ny fitokonanay. |
19 | During the first visit, one of the detainees started injuring himself in front of the committee as a way to show his despair. | Nandritra ny fitsidihana voalohany dia nanomboka nandratra tena teo anoloan”ilay komity ny iray tamin'ireo gadra mba hanehoany ny fahadisoam-panantenany. |
20 | George Karystinos writes [el]: | Izao no voasoratr'i George Karystinos [el]: |
21 | The police department commander announced that the detainee who injured himself, as well as the Palestinian who had tried to commit suicide, would be set free. | Hahazo fahafahana ilay gadra izay nandratra tena, tahaka izany ihany koa ilay Palestiniana nanandrana namono tena hoy ny fanambaràn'ny lehiben'ny sampan-draharahan'ny mpitandro filaminana. |
22 | What was his message? | Inona no hafany ? |
23 | You will have to attempt suicide in order to be released, and if you get lucky, you'll survive in a hospital. | Mila manandrana namono tena ianao mba hohafahana, ary raha manam-bintana ianao, dia ho velona any amin'ny toeram-pitsaboana. |
24 | Recent photo from the Drapetsona precinct detention. | Sary vao haingana avy ao amin'ny toeram-pihazonana vonjimaika ao Drapetsona. |
25 | No windows, no outdoors. | Tsy misy varavarankely, tsy misy varavarana mivoaka. |
26 | Photo posted by @eleniamorgos on Twitter | Sary nalefan'i @eleniamorgos oo amin'ny Twitter |
27 | Our visit coincided with a protest outside the facility. | Nifanojo tamin'ny fitokonana teo ivelan'ilay toeram-pihazonana ny fitsidihanay. |
28 | Twitter users present at the protest reported the extensive presence of police forces outside the police station [el]: | Ireo mpampiasa Twitter nanatrika teo dia nitatitra ny hamaroan'ny mpitandro ny filaminana teo ivelan'ny toby [el]: |
29 | @Cyberela: Police station's shutters down. | @Cyberela: Mihidy ny varavaran'ny mpitandro ny filaminana. |
30 | 3 rows of police special forces. | Laharana mpitandro filaminana 3. #greekGuantanamo |
31 | #greekGuantanamo I was also outside the police station, about to enter as a member of the committee, and tried to report what was happening on Twitter through my account @WonderMaS: | Teo ivelan'ny toby ihany koa aho, efa eo am-pidirana amin'ny maha-mpikambana ao amin'ny komity ahy, ary nanandrana nitatitra izay zava-mitranga tao amin'ny kaonty Twitter-ko @WonderMaS : |
32 | @WonderMaS: Outside the police station of Drapetsona with the Antifascist Front of Piraeus, Amnesty International, and two members of Parliament, Dritsas and Lafazanis who are just coming out of the police station. | @WonderMaS: Aty ivelan'ny tobin'i Drapetsona miaraka amin'ny Front Antifasciste, ny Amnisty iraisam-pirenena, ary solombavam-bahoaka roa, Dritsas sy Lafazanis izay vao nivoaka ny tobin'ny mpitandro ny filaminana. |
33 | After MP Dritsas, of the Syriza party negotiated the number of people that would be allowed inside, with the precinct commander, we entered and I tweeted: | Rehefa avy nifampidinika tamin'ny lehiben'ny toby ny amin'ny isan'ny olona afaka miditra ny Solombavam-bahoaka Dritsas avy amin'ny antoko Syriza dia niditra izahay ary nibitsika aho : |
34 | @WonderMaS: Just came out of police station in Drapetsona, Pireaus. | @WonderMaS: Tafavoaka ny tobin'ny mpitandro filaminana ao Drapetsona, Pireaus. |
35 | Immigrants there living like animals, eating twice a day, first meal at 16.00 #rbnews | Miaina tahaka ny biby ireo mpifindra monina ao, misakafo in-droa isan'andro, amin'ny 16.00 ny voalohany #rbnews |
36 | @WonderMaS: One immigrant told me he hasn't seen the sun for months #rbnews | @WonderMaS: Mpifindra monina iray no niteny tamiko fa tsy nahita masoandro efa am-bolana maro #rbnews |
37 | A member of the Antifascist Front of Piraeus tweeted [el]: | Nisy mpikambana ao amin'ny Vondron'ny Mpanohitra ny fasista any Pireaus nibitsika [el] hoe: |
38 | @eleniamorgos: Their detention isn't terminated even when the assigned period of time has come to its end, due to Immigration (ministry's) bureaucracy. | @eleniamorgos: Tsy mifarana foana ny fihazonana azy ireo na dia efa tapitra aza ny fetra farany, noho ny resa-pitantanan' (ny ministeran') ny fifindrà-monina . |
39 | @eleniamorgos: They are not provided with any medical care when they get sick or when they go on hunger strike | @eleniamorgos: Tsy omena fikarakaràna ara-pahasalamana izy ireo rehefa marary na mitokona tsy misakafo. |
40 | The precinct chief also made clear that they are trying their best to improve holding conditions, with little or no help from the Ministry. | Nazavain'ilay lehiben'ny toby fitànana vonjimaika fa manao izay azony atao izy ireo mba hanatsaràna ny fomba fihazonana, miaraka amin'ny kely anànany na ny fanampiana kely avy any amin'ny Ministera. |
41 | Teseris told us that he has to bring medicine from home to cover the department's deficiencies. | Lazain'i Teseris fa mitondra fanafody avy any an-tranony izy hamenoana ny tsy fanànan'ny Ministera. |
42 | @WonderMaS: commander of police dept, Teseris says this isnt a proper place to detain ppl for months, only for 2-3 days detentions #rbnews | @WonderMaS: Ambaran'i Teseris, lehiben'ny departemantan'ny polisy fa tsy natao hihazonana olona am-bolana itony toerana itony fa 2 na 3 andro ihany #rbnews |
43 | Some of the detainees told me there are no proper health facilities, and sometimes they don't have soap. | Ny sasany tamin'ireo gadra niteny tamiko fa tsy misy trano fidiovana, ary matetika no tsy misy savony. |
44 | Others told me that not all police officers are civil to them, even though they don't beat them. | Ny sasany kosa milaza fa tsy dia mahalala fomba loatra ireo mpitandro filaminana sasany na dia tsy midaroka azy ireo aza. |
45 | Most of them don't have any lawyers or contacts outside, and the ones that do have legal help, told me there hasn't been any progress in their situation. | Maro amin'izy ireo no tsy manana mpisolo vava na fifandraisana amin'ny ivelany, ary ireo mba manana mpanampy eo amin'ny lafiny lalàna dia niteny tamiko fa tsy misy fandrosoana ny fikarakaràna ny momba azy ireo. |
46 | The majority seemed desperate, and were looking at me as if I were their only hope. | Ohatra ny hoe diso fanantenana ny ankamaroany, ary mijery ahy ho toy ny hany fanantenan'izy ireo. |
47 | As I tried to have a look inside their cells, I noticed some washing hanging from clotheslines. | Rehefa nanopy maso tao anatin'ilay toby aho dia nahita lamba mihahy. |
48 | With all their inconvenient conditions, they still try to keep their prison proper, a fact which only reminded me that these people are coming from homes and families that taught them how to be civilized and cherish dignity. | Na dia eo aza ny tsy fahatomombanan'ny fepetra iainan-dry zareo dia miezaka mandamina ny toeram-pigadrany izy ireo, Tranga izay hahatsapako fa avy aminà fianakaviana mivoatra sy mandala ny fahamendrehana ireto olona ireto. |
49 | For some maybe their quest for dignity, brought them to these living conditions. | Ho an'ny sasany dia ny fitadiavana izany fahamendrehana izany angamba no mitarika azy ireo ho amin'izao toerana izao. |
50 | Their attendant psychologist was firm on the desperation these detainees were experiencing: | Manizingizina ny fahadisoam-panantenana iainan'ireto gadra ireto ilay psikôlôgy manara-maso azy ireo : |
51 | Abatzidi Dionusia is a psychologist at Drapetsona police dep, said those ppl are desperate | Nolazain'i Abatzidi Dionusia, psikôlôgy ao amin'ilay tobim-pitandro filaminana any Drapetsona fa diso fanantenana ireo olona ireo |
52 | Some of the detainees told the delegates that there was no physical violence; this time, at least, as an activist pointed out [el]: | Misy gadra sasany niteny tamin'ireo iraka fa tsy misy ny herisetra aara-batana ; tamin'ity indray mandeha ity, fara-faharatsiny, tsy araka ny nolazain'ny mpanao fihetsehana iray : |
53 | @Cyberela: The fact that there were no visible beatings administered on the prisoners prior to today's visit doesn't mean we have forgotten about the others #greekGuantanamo | @Cyberela: Ny fahitana fa tsy nisy diam-bono nahazo ireo gadra talohan'ny fitsidihana androany dia tsy midika fa adinonay ireo tany aloha #greekGuantanamo |
54 | One of the detainees also told us that since the first protest and outside visit, some things had changed, “they fixed our lights, the lamps had been off for days”. | Iray amin'ireo gadra no nitantara taminay fa hatramin'ny fitsidihana voalohany sy ny fitsidihin'ny olona avy any ivelany, dia nisy fiovan-javatra,” namboarin'izy ireo ny jironay, maty nandritra ny andro maro ny jiro”. |
55 | Other visitors concurred: | Ary nohamafisin'ny mpitsidika sasany izany : |
56 | @Cyberela: [Syriza MP] Dritsas: the mobilization has helped their situation. | @Cyberela: [Solombavambahoakan'i Syriza ] Dritsas: nanampy azy ireo tamin'ny zava-miseho ilay hetsika. |
57 | These facilities are made for a 48 hour detention, at the most #greekGuantanamo | Natao hihazonana olona mandritra ny 48 ora ny toby fara-faha-elany #greekGuantanamo |
58 | A few days after the visit, Mr. Dritsas announced [el] a parliamentary inquiry, demanding from the Citizen Protection Minister to call off the “Xenios Zeus” program of immigrant sweeps, that clearly results in a series of human rights violations. | Andro vitsy taorian'ny fitsidihana, nanambara ny fisian'ny fanadihadian'ny solombavam-bahoaka Atoa Dritsas, izay manery ny Minisitry ny fiarovana ny mponina hanafoana ny “Xenios Zeus” fandaharan'asa fisamborana ireo mpifindra monina, izay midika ho fanosihosena manao tohivakana ny zon'olombelona. Nampiseho karazan-tsary momba ilay fihetsiketsehana tao Drapetsona ao amin'ny bilaogy Dromografos i Stefanos Koufopoulos, mpaka sary. |
59 | Photographer Stefanos Koufopoulos published a photoset of the Drapetsona protest on the Dromografos blog. | Niara-niasa tamin'ny fanaparitahana ity lahatsoratra ity sady nanangona ireo loharanom-baovao tao amin'ny Storify i Asteris Masouras, mpanoratra ao amin'ny Global Voices. |
60 | Global Voices author Asteris Masouras collaborated in editing this report and curated resources on Storify. | Isan'ny fanadihadiana ataonay momba ny Krizy any Eoropa ity lahatsoratra ity. |