 The following month Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis announced that the first center would operate in Amygdaleza, Attica, with initial planning for 820 immigrants in a space comprising 250 containerized housing units, fenced internally and surrounded externally by a wall and bars.According to Chrisochoidis, the immigrants would be detained for a few weeks and then be deported to their countries.The first immigrants were transferred to Amygdaleza in the end of April 2012.