NOTES 1https://migration.gov.gr/en/o-ypoyrgos-metanasteysis-kai-asyloy-k-notis-mitarakis-egkainiase-ti-nea-kleisti- elegchomeni-domi-sti-samo/ 2Communication from the Commission on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum, available in: https://eurlex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020DC0609&rid=6 3 UNHCR, Samos Weekly Snapshot, 27 January- 2 February 2020. 4See relatively: https://www.gcr.gr/el/news/press-releases-announcements/item/1352-to-edda-xorigei-asfalistikametra-se-asynodefta-anilika-pou-zoun-sto-kyt-kai-stin-zoygkla-tis-samou, https://www.rlc-berlin.org/post/echrhas-granted-another-request-for-interim-measures-on-behalf-of-woman-living-on-samos, https://newneighbours.eu/2021/02/02/european-court-of-human-rights-greek-government-agrees-to-paycompensation-for-inhumane-and-degrading-living-conditions-in-the-samos-hotspot/, https://metadrasi.org/en/european-court-of-human-rights-grants-interim-measures/ 5https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/29/greece-accused-of-refugee-pushback-after-family- avoid-being-forced-off-island,https://racistcrimeswatch.wordpress.com/2021/10/06/2308/?fbclid=IwAR0jvrBrJVWPvk6GbzOIu1MqTjK9dhC62sQfJaYUm7a8MzyuB865JTfyMvE, https://www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koinonia/309031_toys-apigagan-toys-listepsan-toys-epanaproothisan-mprostasta-matia-ntopion,https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/turkish-asylum-seekers-allegedlybeing-pushed-back-in-small-boats-by-greece/ 6https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greek-pushbacks-brought-to-european-court-after-child- refugees-placed-back-in-boat-and-abandoned-at-sea-b1812161.html, backs , https://www.glanlaw.org/aegean-push- 7 See https://migration.gov.gr/statistika/, 1/2/2022. According to UNHCR Samos Weekly Snapshot, 17-23 January 2022, the majority of the population at the CCAC are from Somalia (40%), Afghanistan (10%) and Syria (7%), while women account for 24% of the population, and children for 21%, of whom nearly 1 out of 4 are younger than 12 years old. 8 https://migration.gov.gr/ked-samoy-kleisti-elegchomeni-domi-samoy/ 9 Ibid. 10https://theconversation.com/inside-new-refugee-camp-like-a-prison-greece-and-other-countries-prioritize- surveillance-over-human-rights-168354 11 https://www.gcr.gr/en/news/newsletters-en-list/item/1865-december-2021-newsletter 12 See the General Regulation on Islands’ CCACs’ Operation – Decision of the General Secretary of Reception of Asylum Seekers, FEK 25.0/118832, available at: https://migration.gov.gr/wpcontent/uploads/2021/09/%CE%9A%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%82%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%87%CE%B3%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82%CE%94%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%82.pdf 13 https://www.msf.org/we-can-only-help-refugees-survive-new-camp-greek-island 14https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/greece-asylum-seekers-being-illegally-detained-in-new-eu- funded-camp/, https://www.gcr.gr/en/news/newsletters-en-list/item/1865-december-2021-newsletter, https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur25/5178/2022/en/, https://thepressproject.gr/peripou-100prosfyges-echoun-paei-sti-samo-tora-den-boroun-na-vgoun-katholou-apo-to-kentro-fylaki/, https://www.avocatssansfrontieres-france.org/media/data/actualites/documents/document1-385.pdf, https://www.gcr.gr/el/news/press-releases-announcements/item/1893-kleisti-domi-samou-o-egklovismossynexizetai 15https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/greece-asylum-seekers-being-illegally-detained-in-new-eu- funded-camp/ 16https://www.gcr.gr/en/news/press-releases-announcements/item/1867-the-administrative-court-of-syros-ruled- unlawful-the-measure-of-prohibiting-the-exit-of-an-afghan-asylum-seeker-from-the-new-closed-controlledaccess-facility-of-samos-ccf-samos 17https://www.gcr.gr/el/news/press-releases-announcements/item/1893-kleisti-domi-samou-o-egklovismos- synexizetai?fbclid=IwAR1TCvD3nEfZGgM9y3faT77fdmfKy9TAmdCh1XykQODtiTS4nIKkm60h_6I 18 https://www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikaiomata/324809_paranomi-i-apagoreysi-exodoy-prosfygon-apo-ti-domi-tis-samoy 19 According to the General Regulation on Islands’ CCACs’ Operation 20 Information provided by EODY personnel, during the visit to Samos CCAC, on December 4th, 2021. 21 The cost of a return ticket for the local bus is €3.20, while the daily financial aid – when actually paid – is €2.50 per day for a single person and for a four-member-family €1.75 euro per person. At present, UNHCR provides free bus 7