12 Something which can be further performed by the RIS, if the latter (i.e. police and port authorities) are unable to conduct the transfer and/or in order to ensure the ‘prompt and timely transfer of persons belonging to vulnerable groups…’ (article 14(1) of L. 4375/2016). 13 As per article 14(8) of L.4375/2016, persons belonging to vulnerable groups include: a) Unaccompanied minors, b) Persons who have a disability or suffering from an incurable or serious illness, c) The elderly, d) Women in pregnancy or having recently given birth, e) Single parents with minor children, f) Victims of torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence or exploitation, persons with a post-traumatic disorder, in particularly survivors and relatives of victims of shipwrecks, g) Victims of trafficking in human beings. 14 For an exact set of the RIS’s responsibilities, see Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Migration Policy, General Secretariat of Reception, ‘Procedures’, Reception and Identification Service [website], <http://www.firstreception.gov.gr/content.php?lang=en&id=4>, last accessed 15 March 2018. 15 Indicatively, in November 2016, a Syrian male, who had been recognized as a refugee in Germany, had come to Greece’s north-eastern borders (Evros region) in search of his little brother; a brother whom he had lost track of. Upon contact with the Hellenic police, as per a newspaper article published in efsyn (“editors’ newspaper”/«Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών»), he was stripped of his belongings (refugee card, German residence permit, refugee passport and cell phone), and after being detained for an unspecified amount of time with another 50 persons (at least one, of whom, reportedly a recognized refugee as well), they were all boarded in small vessels by men of the Greek police and returned to Turkey. See D. Aggelidis, ‘Μου πήραν τα χαρτιά, με πήγαν στο ποτάμι και με πέρασαν απέναντι...’ [They took my papers, they took me to the river and they took me to the other side…], efsyn, 12 February 2018, <https://www.efsyn.gr/arthro/moy-piran-ta-hartia-me-pigan-stopotami-kai-me-perasan-apenanti>, last accessed 15 March 2018. 16 TRT, ‘Πακιστανός πάγωσε μέχρι θανάτου μετά την απέλαση του από την Ελλάδα’ [Pakistani froze to death following his expulsion from Greece], TRT (Turkish Radio and Television), 20 December 2017, <http://www.trt.net.tr/greek/balkania-kupros/2017/12/20/pakistanos-pagose-mekhri-thanatoumeta-ten-apelase-tou-apo-ten-ellada-871975>, last accessed 15 March 2018. 17 Indicatively, see D. 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[press release], 29 May 2017, < http://www.hlhr.gr/en/coordinated-refoulements-turkey/>, last accessed 20 March 2018, and Amnesty International, ‘Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World’s Human Rights’, Amnesty International [website], 23 February 2016, p.168, <https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/POL1025522016ENGLISH.PDF>, last accessed 20 March 2018. 19 D., Aggelidis, ‘Ο κ. Τόσκας και η διαπίστωση του αυτονόητου’ [Mr. Toskas and and the ascertainment of the self-evident], efsyn, 24 July 2017, <http://www.efsyn.gr/arthro/o-k-toskas-kai-i-diapistositoy-aytonoitoy>, accessed last accessed 15 March 2018; F., Labridi, ‘Απάντηση Τόσκα για τις αποκαλύψεις του Tvxs.gr’ [Toskas’s reply on the revelations made by Tvxs.gr], tvxs, 30 January 2018, <http://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/apantisi-toska-gia-tis-apokalypseis-toy-tvxs>, last accessed 15 March 2018. 20 Proto Thema, ‘Καταγγελία από Φίλη: Έχουν γίνει επαναπροωθήσεις Τούρκων στον Έβρο από μασκοφόρους’ [Denouncement by Filis: There have been forced returns of Turks at Evros [made] by masked men], Proto Thema, 20 June 2017, <https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/689967/nikos-filis-ta-pleonasmata-35-simainoun-skliri-litotita-/>, last accessed 15 March 2018; CNN Greece, ‘Απάντηση Θεοδωράκη σε Φίλη για τις επαναπροωθήσεις στρατιωτικών στην Τουρκία’ [Theodorakis’s reply to Filis on the refoulement of military men to Turkey], CNN Greece, 20 January 2017, <http://www.cnn.gr/news/politiki/story/85665/apantisi-theodoraki-se-fili-gia-tis-epanaproothiseisstratiotikon-stin-toyrkia> last accessed 15 March 2018. 21 Athens 9.84 newsroom, ‘Β. 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