PATRAS PORT For decades, POM have faced the brutality of public and private authorities in Patras, as they risked their lives trying to get on trucks boarding ferries bound for Italy. Today, there are currently around 200 POM in Patras living - or rather surviving - in deplorable conditions, with limited access to humanitarian assistance, at the mercy of smugglers and policy In between the two stage barrier surrounding the Port and the restricted-access port facilities, patrolling activities are carried out by ICTS Hellas, a private security firm with deployments inside the Port for over 10 years, and Greek police. Both have received EU funding since 2015. At the passenger entry point where vehicles board the ferry, border authorities and ICTS Hellas use canine units and scanners to search for POM. Interviews conducted by No Name Kitchen (NNK), reveal unidentified actors wearing camouflage uniforms working alongside these officers. An analysis of Patras Port, the surrounding locality, and the actors at play reveals a stratified logic of violence against POM whose movements are brutally limited. The reports collected show different levels of violent action perpetrated by local police officers, border authorities and personnel of ICTS Hellas. The first, most immediate, level of violence is largely “reactive” and occurs the moment individuals enter the Port space.