5 [12] See AIDA. 'Country Report : Greece, 2021 Update', available here. [13] See BVMN, 'Dark Rooms, Degrading Treatment, and Denial: The Use of Violence in Greece’s Pre-Removal Detention Centres' (2023), available here. [14] UACs are not provided any written decision for their detention. IHR, ibid 3, page 29. [15] This policy continued seven months after the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees appealed to states to lift remaining pandemic-related asylum restrictions in May 2022 and Greece dropped all COVID-19 entry measures for tourists on 1 May 2022. [16] Published in Government Gazette sheet no. 4756/B/09.09.22. See Annex II of the Joint Ministerial Decision on Measures Against The Appearance And Spread Of Coronavirus Covid-19 In The Centers Reception And Identification (C.y.t.), In Closed Controlled Structures (C.e.d.), In Controlled Temporary Accommodation Structures For Asylum Seekers And In The Accommodation Structures Of Third Country Citizens In The Entire Territory; the last renewal was by Joint Ministerial Decision No. Δ1α/Γ.Π.οικ.61055/27-10-2022 (published in Government gazette sheet no 5563/Β/27-10-2022). [17] See Nektaria Psarakis, 'Άγρια κακοποίηση προσφύγων στο ΚΕΔ Σάμου από αστυνομικούς – «Ξεκινάμε άμεσα ΕΔΕ», η απάντηση της ΕΛ.ΑΣ στο TPP’ (2023), available here. [18] See BVMN, 'Dark Rooms, Degrading Treatment, and Denial', available here. [19] IHR, ibid 3, page 38. [20] See MIT, 'Prison for Papers', available here; and IHR, ibid 3. In the Samos CCAC,no interpreters have been present since March 2023, as contracts of the interpreters of the European Asylum Support Service that expired were not renewed. See George Pagoudis, ‘Είδος υπό εξαφάνιση οι διερμηνείς στις προσφυγικές δομές του Β. Αιγαίου’ (19 April 2023), available here.