A survivor of sexual and gender-based violence ignored Gloria* is a woman from Togo. She asked for international protection after a forced marriage at 15 years old to an elderly man. She suffered intense domestic violence and did not get any protection from the Togolese authorities. She entered Greece via the island of Kos in February 2021 and immediately expressed her desire for international protection. However, she received a decision of return with readmission to Turkey as well as a detention decision within days. The detention decision had as justification the need to ‘verify of the details of her application’. She was held in detention in the Pre-Departure Center of Kos. The external medical assessment (limited to the question if she suffered from an illness) ignored Gloria’s vulnerability as a survivor of sexual and gender-based violence. This case is an example of how the lack of a vulnerability evaluation and the practice of ‘automatic detention’ as followed by authorities in Kos can lead to the worsening in the conditions of women and other persons with vulnerabilities. Her vulnerability as a survivor of sexual and gender-based violence was stated again during her interview with the Asylum Service. In March 2021, Gloria was notified that her application was rejected as manifestly unfounded (safe country of origin). In March 2021, while the second instance decision was pending, Gloria experienced intense pain in her left eye and asked the police for help. Her request was ignored by the authorities, but a legal aid actor referred her to health services. Her medical examination discovered possible glaucoma and concluded she was in a severe psychological state. The detention centre scheduled an examination in Kos Hospital. Her deteriorating condition allowed for an objection against her detention before the Administrative Court of Rhodes, claiming that the detention measure was inappropriate for this specific vulnerable applicant. This objection was overruled stating that the detainee was receiving sufficient medical help in the detention centre. She therefore remained in very poor psychological and physical condition as she received a second instance rejection on the basis of the safe country of origin approach. Meanwhile, her detention was extended for an unspecified period of time as Turkey has not been accepting readmissions since March 2020. In July 2021, after failing to receive treatment from a psychiatric hospital in June, Gloria attempted suicide in her cell. She was saved by the guards and was transferred to Leros psychiatric clinic, where she was hospitalized. With the legal support of the Greek Council for Refugees, she was released from detention. Detainees denied vital medical treatment Amir-Ali* is an Iranian asylum seeker who applied for asylum while in administrative detention. He is classed as highly vulnerable as he had previously undergone a kidney transplant and needs medication and ongoing treatment to prevent his body rejecting the transplanted organ. But he could not get this vital medication while in detention, even though the facility’s doctor urged immediate access to it as his condition was lifethreatening. This was a month after Amir-Ali was put in detention. Despite the gravity of his situation, when the Greek Council for Refugees took on the case at the beginning of September 2021, Amir-Ali was still in detention. He was experiencing severe feelings of anxiety and despair as well as fearing for his life due to the ongoing lack of medication. Through the intervention of both the Greek Council for Refugees and the Greek Ombudsman, Amir-Ali was finally released. 12