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@borderviolence.bsky.social.

Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos.

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🚨With 85 other Civil Society Organisations we call on MEPs in @EP_Justice to #RejectTheSBC in next week's vote which:

Normalises racial profiling
Legalises 'internal transfers' AKA pushbacks
Uses the harmful 'instrumentalisation' concept

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We’re looking for volunteer interpreters!

We’re looking for #Dari Remote Volunteer Interpreters to support our team of legal advisors to inform asylum seekers about their rights and help them prepare for their asylum interviews.

#Apply here: ihaverights.eu/join-us/

Latest statistics from the #UNHCR and our clients in the Samos #CCAC report:

🔵 Only 1 hour of water per day
🔵 No laundry facilities
🔵 Continued outbreak of bed bugs and scabies

The reports also detail that since September (4,000+ population, mostly in detention) the CCAC has experienced severe water cuts.

Almost 6 months later, water is still limited. According to 2024 reports from our clients, the water has only been on for 1-3 hours/day (4/5)

The EU documents also record the rapid deterioration of conditions in the CCAC, including the persistent lack of medical treatment in the CCAC. In September, one of the reports records that only one army doctor visited the CCAC to attend to over 4,000 people (3/5)

In September 2023, over 70% of the population of the CCAC was detained. In October, this number rose to 83% (2/5)

‘Unregistered’ means that a person cannot leave the CCAC.
The first screenshot is from a report dated 11 Sept.
The second screenshot is from a report dated 24 Oct.

📆 IHR and Fenix are hosting a webinar on our work supporting survivors of human trafficking on Samos and Lesvos to discuss:

🔎 Defining human trafficking
⚖️ Rights of survivors
📑 EU Ombudsman complaint on poor treatment of survivors

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The latest data from #UNCHR shows that the Samos CCAC is at 200% capacity. Our Clients report:

🔵 Cramped and unsuitable conditions
🔵 Over 20 men sharing one container
🔵 People living in areas originally meant to be a dining hall
🔵 Access to water for only 3hr a day

Latest statistics from the #UNHCR about the situation on Samos. Over the past month, the number of people in the #CCAC has been almost double the original capacity of 2040, forcing people to live in cramped conditions with limited access to water and long lines for food.

🔵 Vulnerable people are failed in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre.

Under Greek law, asylum seekers should undergo vulnerability assessments when they arrive in Greece. However, IHR has found that vulnerable people are never even identified and their needs are ignored by the authorities.

The European Court of Human Rights once again condemns living conditions of asylum seekers in the Samos hotspot as degrading and inhumane. Pregnant women, M.L. and M.B., faced appalling conditions, forced to live in tents while heavily pregnant.
Press release: ihaverights.eu/the-european...

Samos update: around 2,000 people are unlawfully detained in overcrowded and degrading conditions in the Closed Controlled Access Centre.
Total population is approximately 3,500 (171% capacity).