OINOFYTA CAMP Image: Google Earth/2024 Airbus Official name: Coordinates: Nominal capacity¹⁰⁶: Operational/actual capacity: Residents: Beneficiaries of reception conditions: Beneficiaries of special reception conditions: Administrative staff: Medical staff: Ratio of residents to medical staff: Distance to nearest health services¹⁰⁷: Distance to nearest urban centre (Chalkida): Oinofyta Controlled Access Facility for the Temporary Accommodation of Asylum Seekers / Ελεγχόμενη Δομή Προσωρινής Φιλοξενίας Αιτούντων Άσυλο Οινοφύτων 38.323366, 23.618922 412 412 314 91 23 5 6 52:1 10 km 20.4 km History Oinofyta camp was established in April 2016 and is situated in an isolated industrial area approximately 60 km north of Athens. Residents are accommodated in a former industrial building within compartmented rooms. It was closed in November 2017 due to unlivable conditions¹⁰⁸ but reopened just four months later to accommodate new arrivals. However, conditions were reportedly even lower than before closure and in 2018 residents reported unsanitary and unsafe conditions¹⁰⁹. Protests at the facility occurred throughout 2018 including a road block against living conditions and forced transfer from hotels to the camp¹¹⁰. In July 2023, 57 residents of the self-organised Kurdish Lavrio camp were forcibly evicted and transported approximately 100 km to Oinofyta camp¹¹¹. Non-state actors rarely visit the facility due to its isolated location; the camp was not included in inspection visits¹¹² of the Greek Ombudsperson during 2022 and 2023. 23