H.A. reported that on 3 October 2022, they were a victim to police violence that resulted in a ruptured eardrum. After a fight in the CCAC on 2 October, five police officers moved H.A. (who was not involved in the fight) and four others into an empty container and kept there overnight. The following day around 5.30 am, the police returned to question them about those responsible for the fight. They were then taken one-by-one in an official vehicle and told to turn on flight mode on their phones. Multiple police officers then punched and kicked H.A. in the stomach and head. As H.A. was not permitted to see a doctor within the CCAC without a ‘specific reason’, and he had to wait until he could leave the CCAC to receive medical treatment.[82] Such instances have been reported by five beneficiaries of I Have Rights who, towards the end of 2022, alleged that they had been beaten by the police in the quarantine zones of the CCAC (see Section 3.2). I Have Rights has since made two joint submissions with the Human Rights Legal Project (HRLP), one to the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and another to the Greek Ombudsman to ask them to investigate these allegations. Security infrastructure In addition to the security personnel, as the Ministry of Migration & Asylum’s website describes, the CCAC: is surrounded by a double NATOtype security fence, which in combination with the installation at the entrance of the necessary control systems, such as turnstiles, magnetic gates, x-rays, two-factor access control system (identity and fingerprint), ensures secure and controlled entry and exit from the access center to whoever is entitled to it.[83] © Romy van Baarsen_ Romy Aimee Photography [82] Nektaria Psarakis. 2023. Άγρια κακοποίηση προσφύγων στο ΚΕΔ Σάμου από αστυνομικούς – «Ξεκινάμε άμεσα ΕΔΕ», η απάντηση της ΕΛ.ΑΣ στο TPP. Available here. [83] Ministry of Migration & Asylum. 2023. Closed Controlled Access Center of Samos. Available here. Page 21