Image 9: Photo of the Megala Therma quarantine camp, as published by Aegean Boat Report70 Arrival and entry of asylum seekers into the quarantine facility: Upon arrival outside the government-run facility of Megala Therma, the asylum seekers encountered two police officers on duty who led them inside the facility. The authorities did not give the newly arrived people any basic supplies or information. While waiting for instructions, the group of asylum seekers met and discussed with the camp residents, i.e. asylum seekers who had arrived in Lesvos the previous days; the latter gave them blankets and raisins. Subsequently, the group of asylum seekers were informed by the police officer that they would be taken to be tested for Covid-19, although it was too late at night and the camp residents had told the asylum seekers that this process is carried out during the day. The officers ordered the newly arrived asylum seekers to hand over their phones and walk out of the facility towards a dirt path. They initially refused to leave the facility but realized they had no other option as the officers insisted and were carrying guns. A man of the group with mobility issues was denied medical care. Another man who asked for medical help for his pregnant wife was beaten. Illegally detained in an isolated container on a hill: Soon after they arrived at a place uphill with one container, where vehicles arrived carrying men 70 AegeanBoatReport, Small Children Left Drifting in Life Rafts in the Aegean Sea!, 22 February 2021, available at: https://bit.ly/3EWB1XS AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: BETWEEN IMPUNITY AND CRIMINALIZATION 37

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