SECTION 2: SAFETY "Police vehicles yell at us like we are animals" The CCAC is presented by EU and Greek authorities as a safer environment for asylum seekers compared to the old camp. However, all respondents expressed feeling unsafe in the structure. A respondent explained that by the entrance of the CCAC there is “a room special for policemen” where: Many times they ask some guy to go inside this room, sometimes [to] hit them, sometimes make a double check, take off all the clothes, besides talking with bad words. It always happens. Five times at least in a week. To enter the structure, people must go through airport-style security, which includes their bags being searched, having to take off their shoes and jackets, go through a metal detector and being fingerprinted. There are also check-points inside the structure, where people are subjected to searches again: Everytime you come inside or outside they check you. Even inside the camp to go to the doctor or reception, they search you. What kind of life is this? If someone has stress, they build it up. They can attack you, to give you more stress. They can create a problem for you, even if you are a kind person minding your own business. Page 6