METHODOLOGY Our findings in this report are drawn from five key sources. Firstly, we draw from semi-structured interviews conducted between April and July 2021 with nine Equal Rights clients currently or formerly detained in Kos PRDC. Since opening our Kos office earlier this year, most of our clients have been detained – most on arrival, and others, at some stage during their asylum procedure. We were therefore easily able to identify interview participants from our client base and requested interviewees’ participation and obtained their consent prior to interview. Alternatively, where interviews were conducted in the course of our legal services work, specifically, to prepare applications for objections to detention (see below), we requested individuals’ consent to also use their transcripts for this report. All interviews were conducted either in person at Kos PRDC, or over the phone. They were conducted in participants’ native languages or a language in which they were proficient – Arabic, English, French or Haitian Creole – with the assistance of interpreters where interviewers proficient in the relevant languages were unavailable. Interviews were based on a standard script that included several open-ended questions, and participants were encouraged to include additional information as they saw fit. Our participant pool included nationals of Syria, Guinea, Haiti and Cameroon. Most were young, ranging in age from 20-35. We interviewed women and men, as well as people who are LGBTI, people with serious illnesses, and SGBV survivors. To protect our clients’ anonymity, all interview data included in this report has been de-identified. Subjects did not receive any payment or services in exchange for their participation in interviews and were given the option to withdraw from the research at any point prior to the report’s publication. Secondly, we draw upon comments and observations made by 22 detained clients during our everyday work. They included nationals of the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Togo, were similarly diverse in age, gender, and sexual orientation. The 22 clients also included single parent families, SGBV survivors, survivors of torture, and persons with serious physical and mental health conditions. Following meetings with clients, we have kept a record of their observations and questions regarding detention practices in Kos. Each of these clients was contacted and consent obtained to use their material in this research. Thirdly, we have included our own observations formed over our months spent working with clients in detention. Since opening our Kos office, Equal Rights has represented nearly 100 clients, most of whom were detained. Our staff have also made regular visits to the PRDC to meet with our detained clients and to provide legal advice and information. While we have not had access to the living quarters in the PRDC on each of these occasions, we have had access to other parts of the PRDC, including meeting rooms, police offices, and the medical areas. We have also interacted closely with police, witnessed police interacting with detainees, and caught glimpses of detainees’ everyday lives. We have kept detailed field notes following these visits, which further inform our analysis. Similarly, some of the conclusions are drawn from specific outcomes in our cases. For example, we refer extensively to a submission we made in July 2021 to the Greek Ombudsman on behalf of 19 detained rejected asylum seekers. Based on our application, the Greek Ombudsman call on the police to release the 19 people in three separate opinions, but the police have refused to release any of the applicants. The experience and outcome of that case heavily informs several sections of this report. Fourthly, we have obtained and analysed photos and videos of the PRDC, which are included in this report. These are generally difficult to obtain, as detainees’ phone cameras are routinely broken on their arrival (see below). Still, the limited photos we have accessed clearly illustrate the everyday conditions in the centre, in- XII DETENTION OF MIGRANTS ON THE ISLAND OF KOS