Koutsochero accommodation site
Efthymiopoulou army camp, 14th km of the Larisa-Trikala national road, Koutsochero, Larisa 41500 · Larisa, Thessaly
Koutsochero accommodation site is a controlled temporary accommodation centre for people in the asylum procedure on the former Efthymiopoulou army camp at the 14th km of the Larisa-Trikala road, in the Municipality of Larisa. It is run by the Reception and Identification Service (RIS) of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and is in use. The ministry's reply to a parliamentary question of 6 February 2026, as published by Refugee Support Aegean, gives a nominal capacity of 1,748 places, an actual capacity of 1,464 places and 1,400 residents at 31 December 2025. AIDA's table for June 2025 gives 1,072 places and 338 people.
Key facts
- Type
- Controlled temporary accommodation centre
- Run by
- Reception and Identification Service (RIS), Ministry of Migration and Asylum
- Address
- Efthymiopoulou army camp, 14th km of the Larisa-Trikala national road, Koutsochero, Larisa 41500, Larisa, Thessaly
- Capacity
- 1,748 places (as at 31 December 2025)Source: Ministry reply (ref. 24237, 6 February 2026) to parliamentary question 2309/177, as published by RSA: nominal capacity at 31 December 2025
- People counted there
- 1,400 (as at 31 December 2025)Source: Ministry reply (ref. 24237, 6 February 2026) to parliamentary question 2309/177, as published by RSA: residents at 31 December 2025
- Status
- In use (as at 31 December 2025)
- Opened
- Not published on the ministry page.
Background
The number of people on site has varied widely between sources and dates: about 700 in March 2025 (Taxydromos), 338 in June 2025 (AIDA), 40 refugees in August 2025 (EfSyn, citing ministry sources) and 1,400 at 31 December 2025 (ministry reply via RSA). EfSyn reported on 13 August 2025 that, answering concern about works at the site, the ministry said it was being divided into two sections, one for the 40 refugees and one for 28 Greek people affected by Storm Daniel in 2023. Taxydromos reported on 22 March 2025 that about 50 residents of the Volos site were moved here when that site closed. AIDA reports a peaceful sit-in protest by residents about conditions in November 2024.
Reported incidents
No reported incident is listed for this site. An incident is listed only if a mainstream, court, police or official source reports it, so an empty list does not mean that none occurred.
Sources
- Ministry of Migration and Asylum: page of the Koutsochero site (read on 4 October 2026) · official source
- Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), March 2026: figures from the Ministry reply (ref. 24237) of 6 February 2026 to parliamentary question 2309/177 · third-party source, not official
- AIDA / ECRE, Country Report Greece, 2025 Update (July 2026) · third-party source, not official
- EfSyn, 13 August 2025: works at the Koutsochero site and the ministry reply · press
- Taxydromos, 22 March 2025: closure of the Volos site and transfers to Koutsochero · press
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum publishes a page for each reception structure with its name and address, but no coordinates, and its list is not kept up to date. For the five island centres the figures are those of the National Situational Picture (NSP) of 1 September 2026. For the mainland they are those of the ministry's reply to a parliamentary question of 6 February 2026 (figures at 31 December 2025), as published by Refugee Support Aegean, with the table of the AIDA country report (July 2026) for June 2025 beside them. Capacity is the figure each source gives, nominal unless the page says otherwise, and is not a headcount; where sources differ, each figure is shown with its date. For Samos and Leros the pre-removal detention places that the ministry's pages describe are subtracted from the NSP figure, and our Samos and Leros pages say so. Positions are placed by hand from map features and addresses and are approximate. No cost is published for any single site. Incidents are listed only where a mainstream, court, police or official source reports them, with the stage reached; an empty list does not mean that none occurred.