Athens, 3 Apr ( EFE).-the Greek police may detain foreign residents in Greece by issues of “public health”, according to a proposed law which will be voted on in Parliament.
detention of non-nationals, whether they have applied for political asylum or not, is envisaged under the current amendment if they pose a risk to public health, said the draft law submitted this week by the Government directs the exbanquero Lukás Papadimos, and published today by various means Hellenes.
The text includes, as an example of such possible cases, persons with infectious or disease from “risk groups such as intravenous drug users, workers of the sex or people living in conditions that do not reach the minimum hygiene standards”.
Adds that “the subjects will be subject to mandatory health inspections and necessary treatment”, and those who refuse to cooperate with the authorities may be deported.
Protection citizen, Mijalis Jrisojoidis, and health, Andreas Loverdos, Ministers had already announced last weekend that action would taken against the “pump for health” which, in his view, represent immigrants living in Greece without documents.
The measure arrives, moreover, after the fiasco that resulted in the so-called “macro operation against illegal” the Ministry of citizen protection (law and order), which during the last week were arrested about 2,000 foreigners.
, Only you could find charges against 420, that in 234 cases was by not having residence in rule documents, implying that more than 1,500 were arrested without any charge or valid suspicion.
The Government has announced the transformation of 30 former military bases in detention camps for some 30,000 undocumented immigrants.
Number of non-governmental organizations have complained of these measures, which many blamed for the proximity of the elections, in which a large increase of the vote to clutter groups campaigning exclusively with the issue of immigration is expected.
“Is particularly worrying that those entitled to international protection face arrest.” “Immigrants and refugees are not criminals and they should not be treated as such,” complained yesterday Amnesty International in a statement.
“the Greek authorities should withdraw immediately such measures, which only exacerbate the stigma towards immigrants and refugees in the country”, added.
According to a study of the Group (“think-tank”) ELIAMEP in 2011 residing in Greece 1.1 million immigrants, of which 400,000 unavailable documents in rule.
According to data of the European Agency for border control (FRONTEX), which has a mission to help Greece on the subject, in 2011 there were 57,000 illegal entries of immigrants in the Mediterranean country. EFE
