They provided information on their situation, their location (with a photo attached) and their will to apply for international protection in Greece. They were afraid of being forcibly pushed back to Turkey. Detected by the Greek authorities: At approximately 06:00 in the morning, the asylum seekers were detected by the Greek authorities. They repeatedly told the authorities that they wanted to apply for asylum and that they were Turkish in fear of persecution by the Turkish government. However, they were never allowed to apply for asylum and their asylum applications were never registered. Instead of being processed following the legal procedures, they were informally arrested and their mobile phones were illegally confiscated. They were detained for a few hours with no external contact. On the same day, they were pushed back to Turkey, after being stripped of their clothes, documents and 12.000 euros; only their IDs were returned. Non-response by the authorities to GCR’s Intervention: On the same day at 11:08, GCR informed the authorities about the newly arrived asylum seekers and explicitly stated that they face a real risk of persecution in Turkey. GCR requested the authorities to immediately provide humanitarian assistance to the group and access to the asylum procedure. However, the Greek authorities never replied to this written intervention. Ultimately, GCR was unable to locate the asylum seekers in any official detention site or other reception and identification facility. Subsequently, GCR was made aware that the group was pushed back to Turkey. What happened after the pushback of 27 June: Two of the group managed to reenter Greece and were violently pushed back for a second time. After their second pushback (see section C. Pushback of 4 July 2022, below) on 12 September they filed before the ECtHR an application against Greece for violation of articles 2, 3, 5 and 34 of the Convention. III. The case of 5 Turkish asylum seekers detected in the vicinity of Orestiada and pushed back on 4 July 2022 Date of arrival: 4 July 2022 Date of ECtHR’s interim measures: 5 July 2022 Date of pushback operation: 4 July 2022 Relevant application(s) before ECtHR: D.O. and others v. Greece Alleged Violations of the Convention: Art. 2, Art. 3, Art. 5, Art. 34 ECHR Arrival of 5 Turkish asylum seekers in the vicinity of Orestiada: Early in the morning of 4 July 2022, 5 people seeking international protection entered Greece crossing the GreekTurkish land border, near Orestiada. In the afternoon, they were detected by the Greek authorities near the town of Orestiada. They were transferred and unlawfully detained with no external contact for a few hours. Their mobile phones, clothes, documents and 2.000 euros were unlawfully confiscated. On 4 July, GCR submitted a request for Interim Measures to the ECtHR. On 5 July, the Court granted the Interim Measures requested, indicating to the AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: BETWEEN IMPUNITY AND CRIMINALIZATION 29