A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 Due to the high occupancy over the last months, the center was in a very poor state at the time of the visit. When entering the building the detainees became very agitated and initially the officers were reluctant to open the cells. The conditions of detention were extremely poor. There were not enough beds for each detainee forcing many to share beds or sleep on the floor. The beds, blankets and pillows were very dirty. The sanitary installations were in a very poor state with dirty walls, doors and water running out of the washrooms and toilets. The cells were humid and the floors dirty. The cells were poorly lit, many ceiling lamps were broken and there was almost no natural light. There was little space between the bunk beds allowing detainees to move around. They had no access to a yard and outdoor exercise. The semi-open cell for the new arrivals was in the worst state. The bathroom appeared not to be cleaned for a long time. The toilets were clogged causing water and faeces to stand in the washroom. The detainees defecated in the corridor of the washroom and the dirty water ran out of the bathroom in the sleeping cell causing an unbearable smell. Consequently, many new arrivals preferred to sleep outside. Individual cases Two male detainees alleged that they were beaten by the Greek police. The allegations were confirmed by the forensic doctor. Walid Khalid Oumar, aged 15, from Palestine alleged that he was beaten and injured on his shoulder with a machete during his arrest some 6 weeks ago. Hiriche Abdolah, aged 16, from Iraq, alleged that he was beaten in the detention centre because he refused to give fingerprints. He was punched in his face some 10 days ago and had a blue eye. Faudel Azami from Palestine helped with the interpretation from Arabic into French and complained that he (as many others) has no access to his clothes and his personal belongings which are kept outside in the open trucks. Jaber Muhamad Khalef, aged 40, from Palestine, alleged that he has Hepatitis C, and came on 10 October from Turkey. He was arrested on 11 October and punched and kicked by the police during the taking of the fingerprints. He came together with some 100 other migrants. A male detainee, his wife and three children, from Iran, were brought over the border during the night. They were a group of 100 people from Iran and Afghanistan. They swam across the Evros River and walked a long time towards the lights. They wanted to be sure they were in Greece. They came across police officers sitting in three police cars. The police let out dogs to chase them back to Turkey. Many of the people they travelled with were illiterate. The police yelled at them to keep them in order. They were captured earlier on that day and have stood outside the cell for hours in order to be fingerprinted. They could not communicate with the guards but think they were registered for asylum. There were no toilets in the outside enclosure. They had been travelling for three weeks and they were tired and hungry but the conditions of the facility were much worse than they could have imagined. A male detainee, aged 38 with his wife and children, from Afghanistan, left Afghanistan a month ago and they were arrested after crossing the river. The police put them in a car and brought them to the facility on that day. The toilets were absolutely terrible and overflowing. The police did not ask if they wanted asylum. They could not stand the killings in Afghanistan so they had to leave. A male detainee, his wife and child, from Afghanistan, were arrested by the police early that morning along with about 100 other people and were brought to the facility in cars and 31