POM are subjected to mental and physical abuse in the form of insults to their culture, spitting, kicking, beating, destruction of mobile phones, threats of forced deportation and dog attacks. Indeed, POM can be held for days in unofficial cells within the Port area. The area between the adjacent factories and the Port is home to the second level of violence. There are three roads and two barriers separating the Port from the factories. This area is meticulously searched by police and motorbike patrols who chase those trying to enter the Port. Inside these factories, the third level of violence occurs. This takes the form of officers’ invasion into the private sphere of POM in Patras through the congregation of police officers around POM’s residences and unexpected raids, often at night. These episodes involve disturbing sleep, beatings, searches, destruction of belongings and arrests, as NNK interviews with those affected testify to. Unwilling or unable to return, yet prohibited from moving forward, POM are trapped in the violent quagmire of Patras. This situation is far from new, but the continuation of such obvious and outright violence is symptomatic of violence within the Greek state as a whole. Direct and physical aggression against POM and their immediate necessities continues undisturbed, even intensifies in the wake of Mitsotakis’ hostile environment, and yet the EU turns a blind eye as external borders are fortified and remain strong.