The conditions reported by all respondents held in Fylakio PRDC were appalling. In particular, the unsanitary situation of showers and toilets was highlighted, which were often also utterly dysfunctional and only with hot water for a short period of time per day. People explained that bed frames were dilapidated and mattresses so dirty that one interviewee reported that the beds were infested with insects, forcing detainees to sleep on the floor. There is a lack of air conditioning and heating devices in Fylakio PRDC, as well as poor lighting and ventilation. Respondents also described that it was always the same kind of food, the quality of food was low, and there was not enough provided - usually just twice a day. Our research indicated that general ill-treatment, verbal aggression and racist language toward detainees was experienced, noted by nine people that we spoke with. Some of the interviewees explained that there was a shared understanding amongst detainees that they would not be held in Fylakio for long, thus they did not resist the behaviour of police in the facility, in the hope of being treated in accordance with the law. However, eight people we spoke with also noted their pervasive fear of being pushed back to Türkiye, particularly considering the proximity to the Evros border. It is clear that Fylakio PRDC is not used extensively to detain people for long periods of time, rather, it doubles up as support for the RIC. Therefore, its purpose differed to the other PRDCs that we researched, however the pattern of a carceral environment and control tactics are consistent with other detention facilities. It was supposed to be a camp where people can ask for asylum and get support, but it is built like a prison and you don’t have access to even the basics most of the time. You stay in containers that are dirty and wait, not sure how long you have to wait for, to have something that should be your basic right. The food was bad and they treated us like we were not human. We were in the end just happy to leave that place, and not to be pushed back to Turkey. Ismail, Fylakio In Fylakio they kept us in container houses almost the whole time and did not go outside —only for a few minutes every day. The food was very bad and it was dirty—there were bugs in the beds that bite a lot at night, so we slept on the floor. In the day it was very hot with no air, at night very cold without blankets. Everything had bugs and was dirty. The shower did not work, and there was only a little hot water in the day. The toilet and everything was very dirty. Ajar, Fylakio I know people are often pushed back. For our people who are political in Türkiye and Kurdistan this is very dangerous as you can be in prison for a long time or be killed by police. Ajar, Fylakio 29