beating those who had the mischance to have an eye contact with them. Another similar event took place at the end of March 2020 in Kalamaria when a 33-year-old respondent was brought to the police station by the police to check his documents although he had presented his valid asylum applicants card. At the station, the policemen brought documents written in Greek for him to sign with no interpreter provided. The respondent signed the paper thinking these were release papers. During custody, he was not given any food or water, and did not have access to toilets. Border Violence Monitoring Network. (June 21, 2020). Ipsala, Edirne, Turkey. Retrived from https://www.borderviolence.eu/violence-reports/june-21-2020-2100-ipsala-edirne-turkey/ During the night, he was taken to the Police Headquarters in Thessaloniki by The testimony of a 21 year old male car with other migrants including three respondent, who was apprehended in minors who all had legal documents to the village of Orestiada near the Turkish remain in Greece and which were con- border, on 30 July, 2020, explains the fiscated by the police. difficult conditions which do not respect human rights they had to face when There, he was detained for 5 days in a cell arrested. They were not given food and with 20 people. Their documents were water, had water thrown to their faces, never returned to them, and the cameras put in a room with women and children, on everyone’s mobile phones were bro- had their clothes taken off and not add- ken in order to prevent any documenta- ressed in a language they understood. In tion. Then they were taken to the Drama addition to these conditions deteriora- Paranesti Pre-removal Detention Centre ting their dignity, officers were using vi- where he was detained for 3 months. olence and beating them whenever they They were put in cells with 10-15 per- wanted to ask for asylum. The respon- sons being given very little, bad and un- dent was beaten so badly with metal ba- healthy food. In addition, they were not tons that he could barely walk the next given any clothes, and were constantly day and still had bruises one month after subjected to insults and physical violen- the event. They were threatened with ce. When anyone had the courage to the words : “If you come back to Greece, ask questions, they were beaten. After 3 we will kill you.” When officers brought months inside Paranesti, the respondent them back at the border, they continued was pushed-back to Turkey, together 4