The brand new centre, located 5km away from Vathy city in Samos island, is still partly under construction, but most of it is ready. Located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by three layers of fence & barded wire, it is designed to host up to 3,000 people, of which according to the Greek Minister of Migration, 2,100 will have a “controlled access” and 900 will be in detention waiting to be sent back to Turkey. Patients and people who live in Vathy reception centre describe it as an open-air prison.