days (from 15 June to 26 June) together with other groups of asylum seekers44 , they were again pushed back to Turkey. III. Asylum seekers injured by commandos’ attacks on the islet in the pushback case of 20 April 2022 Date of arrival: 17 April 2022 Date of ECtHR’s interim measures: 21 April 2022 Date of pushback operation: 20 April 2022 Relevant application(s) before ECtHR: K.M.I. and others v. Greece Alleged Violations of the Convention: Art.2, Art. 3, Art. 5, Art. 13 ECHR Essential aspects of this case: death of a woman in need of dialysis on the islet and miscarriage for a pregnant woman, 2 asylum seekers severely injured after beating Helpless on the islet - death of a vulnerable woman: On 17 April 2022, 39 people seeking international protection arrived on an islet in Evros river by rubber dinghy. Upon arrival, they were all in immediate danger lacking access to food, water, medicine, blankets and shelter. A 55-year-old Syrian woman was in urgent need of dialysis. She died without help or support approximately one day after arrival on the islet. Inhuman treatment on the islet: In the morning of 20 April, after three days of harsh conditions on the islet, men dressed in black and dark green, hold- ing weapons and bats, described by the asylum seekers as “commandos”, arrived on the islet and approached the group. Immediately, the asylum seekers were subjected to a full body search and were forbidden to speak. The “commandos’’ burned some of the people’s belongings and took their phones. The “commandos” beat up members of the group, especially the men, and pushed a pregnant woman to the ground. She subsequently suffered a miscarriage. Thereafter, the asylum seekers were transported by an unsafe watercraft to the river bank and transferred to an unknown location. Informal detention, strip search and beatings: The men and women were detained for a day and subjected to a strip search. On the same day, GCR submitted a request before the ECtHR for interim measures against Greece. On 21 April, the Court granted interim measures regarding the rescue of the asylum seekers. Unfortunately, in the evening of 20 April, the group had already been forcibly returned to Turkey following informal detention. Some of the men were beaten again when they were transferred from the detention area to the river before being pushed back. What happened after the pushback of 20 April: Following the pushback to Turkey, members of the group were detained and interrogated by the Turkish authorities, especially about the death of the 55-year-old Syrian woman on the Greek islet. Some of the refugees of the “S.S. and others v. Greece” case and the “F.R. and others v. Greece” case and a new group of 18 Syrians of the “M.A. and others v. Greece” case; cases for which the ECtHR had granted interim measures before people have been pushed back to Turkey. 44 AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: BETWEEN IMPUNITY AND CRIMINALIZATION 19