Use of firearms by the Greek authorities to push back asylum seekers: In the morning of 14 May, the Greek vehicles appeared once again at the same location. The Greek authorities started pointing guns and shooting at the asylum seekers, who were forced to move 50 meters away from where they were standing in order to save their lives. Pulled back and ill-treated at the hands of the Turkish authorities: After a while, according to the asylum seekers’ testimonies shared with GCR and ECtHR, seven Turkish men in military uniforms appeared. Some of the male asylum seekers were beaten by the Turkish men. Several women were sexually assaulted by them in front of the rest of the group. The children were beaten by the Turkish authorities. Some asylum seekers tried to escape, others were arrested by the Turkish authorities. Others were transferred to a military hospital in Turkey because the ill-treatment they received from the Turkish authorities was so serious that they needed medical attention. GCR lost contact with the asylum seekers but on 20 May, GCR was informed that refugees continued to be beaten by the Turkish authorities during their hospitalization in the military hospital. One of them was deported to Syria. Two more asylum seekers were arrested, detained and tortured and one of them was sexually assaulted by the Turkish authorities. 4. PUSHBACK CASES AFTER ARRIVAL ON GREEK ISLANDS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Following numerous reports of illegal pushbacks conducted by the Greek authorities on the Greek islands, especially since March 2020, the pushback cases presented below are both of significant interest. In contrast to the aforementioned cases, all of which are pushbacks of asylum seekers stranded at the border region, the cases below concern pushbacks of asylum seekers and refugees who were way beyond the stage of crossing the border region. The first story concerns the case of a group of asylum seekers, who were pushed back to Turkey upon their landing on Lesvos island and after entering a government-run quarantine facility for refugees in February 2021; and the second story concerns the kidnapping and illegal forced return of two recognized refugees who were legally residing in the Eastern Aegean Island of Kos. In both cases, some of the victims of the violent pushback operations managed to re-enter Greece in 2022 and, AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: BETWEEN IMPUNITY AND CRIMINALIZATION 35