On 4 May 2018, the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published a report on its visit to Bulgaria. The CPT delegation reported allegations of physical ill-treatment by custodial staff at the Special Home for Accommodation of Foreigners in Lyubimets. Further, many complaints were received about custodial staff being disrespectful to detained foreign nationals. Material conditions in Lyubimets were generally very poor, with large-capacity dormitories being dilapidated, filthy, and crammed with bunk beds. Nothing was provided for more than 40 minors accompanying their parents (including infants) - no adapted food and clothes, no toys, and it was difficult to obtain nappies for infants and sanitary materials for women.

On 26 April 2018, CPT published a report on its visit to Cyprus. During the visit, the CPT received a number of allegations of physical, verbal and racist abuse of immigration detainees by staff at Menoyia Detention Centre, as well as several allegations of ill-treatment of detainees being escorted to the airport by immigration police officers. The CPT concluded that foreign nationals still run a risk of being ill-treated, notably at the moment of apprehension, during questioning, and in the context of immigration detention and removal operations.

From 10 to 19 April 2018, a delegation of the CPT carried out an ad hoc visit to Greece. One of the purposes of the visit was to examine the situation of foreign nationals deprived of their liberty under aliens’ legislation and to determine whether their situation had improved since the previous visits in 2016. To this end, the delegation visited several pre-departure centres, one reception and identification centre and a number of police stations, with a focus on the Evros region, the Aegean islands and Attica.