Greece has a positive obligation to identify survivors of human trafficking, one of the legal categories of vulnerability, and provide protective services.[139] 12% of I Have Rights’ beneficiaries are survivors of human trafficking. If this statistic is representative of the wider CCAC population, then in 2022 alone potentially hundreds of survivors of trafficking entered the Samos CCAC. Without any identification occurring, survivors of human trafficking were held in an entirely unsuitable environment. The mandatory quarantine with its prison-like architecture, constant surveillance, and restrictions on free movement, prevents adequate recovery for survivors and risks further traumatising them.[140] As a blanket measure for all ‘new arrivals’ on Samos, the mandatory quarantine did not ensure the protection of vulnerable applicants and those with special reception needs, placing the practice in variance with the Reception Conditions Directive. Detention of Vulnerable Applicants and those with Special Reception Needs After leaving quarantine, individuals began informing legal organisations on Samos of instances of police brutality within quarantine. In two joint submissions to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to the Greek Ombudsman, I Have Rights, together with HRLP, asked the bodies to investigate the testimonies of eight asylum seekers who reported being subjected to violence in the CCAC, including forced stripping and beating, beatings in the dark, kicks, punches, slaps, stampings, multiple police officers beating one person at a time and/or in quick succession, insults, taunting and laughing at people while they are being beaten and psychological violence. The following are two instances reported by the Press Project of alleged instances of police violence which were brought to the attention of HRLP who have since began litigation on their behalf and were made public at the end of 2022: Y.M. was held in quarantine for 20 days and reported experiencing both verbal and physical assault by multiple police officers. On 27 July, the day of [138] Médecins Sans Frontières. 2022. In Greek reception centers, asylum seekers are stranded in prison-like conditions. Available here. [139] European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT), Article 10(2); International Protection Act, Article 72(3). [140] European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (ECAT), Article 12, 13; Directive 2011/36/EU, Article 11; Palermo Protocol Article, 6(3)and 6(4). Page 38