“I asked for some water and a toilet, I was told to drink from the sink.”
The respondents first attempt was unsuccessful, he was caught by the Turkish coast guard in Istanbul. He then returned to Izmir where he stayed for one week. He then tried again to cross to Greece, this time he was successful. He was intercepted by Greek police at 3.30am and kept at a police station until 7pm the next day with no food or water. ‘I asked for some water and a toilet, I was told to drink from the sink’.
He was then handed to the ‘commandos’ who took their passports and phones. They were trying to push them back to the Turkish border, they took all of their money. They took them to ‘rukush’ lands and forced them to walk to Istanbul. The walk took 9 hours.
The ‘commandos’ took them by car to Amori. They told them to sit on their knees and put their hands behind their heads. They left them on the Turkish side without anything as they had taken their mobile phones.
Some of the police were wearing civilian clothes, and using civilian cars. This way, they didn’t know they were police. The respondent stated these people found people who looked like refugees, put them in a car and said they were going to help them. Then they took them to jail.