- It's been three years since the opening of the Closed Controlled Access Center in Samos.
- This facility is one of five similar camps representing a harmful escalation of European and Greek migration policies aimed at deterring and detaining those seeking safety in Europe.
- EU members are announcing stricter border policies, with a looming possibility of returning thousands of asylum seekers to Greece.
- More vulnerable individuals are arriving in Greece, with camp residents reporting trauma from confinement and uncertainty about their future.
- Despite some improvements, the extensive surveillance measures and remote locations of these camps make access to essential services difficult.
- MSF urges *EU bodies, member states, and Greek authorities to change their approach to migration, which is causing avoidable harm to the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants.*