The aim of this report is to bring together reporting on violence and human rights violations, while creating an informative resource on the situation in Greece. Our analysis reveals that the assaults suffered by POM are not isolated incidents but rather fit into a pattern of rising violence exercised by Greek law enforcement officers since 2019. In fact, this is systemic, involving various state and non-state actors across Greece. Through the collection of testimonies, BVNM has implicated local and national police officers, the Hellenic Coast Guard, military forces, private security companies and local groups. Locations include transit areas, the Greek islands, state run facilities and public spaces. While far from perfect under the Syriza government, the situation of POM in Greece markedly deteriorated with the election of the New Democracy party in July, 2019. With Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calling migration an “asymmetrical threat,” a highly securitised, anti-immigrant agenda was pursued to create a hostile environment for transit communities. Whilst BVMN has long documented the implications of this at the border, this report offers a new perspective from inside Greece. Already Greece has seen an increase in excessive use of force and ill-treatment by the police, including severe beatings, unlawful arrests and humiliating practices of illegal undressing and photographing detainees. This recent ‘militarisation of the public space’, has accompanied an unprecedented concentration of power in the Ministry of Citizen Protection that oversees the police, which also took charge of the Ministry of Migration and the penitentiary system in July. As the New Internationalist puts it, Greece is witnessing the emergence of a “police state.” Some notable policies include beefing up Greece’s police force with 2,000 additional officers and the launch of “Operation Net” in Athens that will see some 130 armed officers - incongruously dubbed the Black Panthers - patrol transport hubs in the capital. It is important to note, however, that violence against POM is the result of the European Union (EU) acting in its perceived self-interest. Since 2015, the EU has used Greece as a buffer zone against unwanted migration. Besides providing €130 Million for the detention centres on Aegean is- POLICY CONTEXT