In July 2024, Amnesty International published research which highlighted the use of systematic unlawful and arbitrary detention in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC), as well as human rights concerns emerging from the inadequate living conditions. Today, the situation in the Samos CCAC remains alarming. Amnesty International and organisations active in the field of refugee and migrant rights in Greece urge Magnus Brunner, the Internal Affairs and Migration Commissioner, to leverage the European Commission’s oversight of the situation in the Samos CCAC to address these grave shortfalls and violations.
