The Closed Control Access Center (CCAC) in Samos, Greece serves as a reception and identification center and facilitates the screening of first arrivals. It also has a separate section for pre-removal detention. The CCAC is equipped with at least four IT systems: Centaur, Hyperion, Rea 15 and Alkioni ΙΙ. The Hyperion system is a biometric entry and exit system to control control entry and exit from the CCAC. People residing in the facility are required to scan their fingerprints and biometric ID card to enter, exit and sometimes to move through the facility. This does not apply to individuals working in the facility.
It has been reported that Hyperion will also store store information about most services provided to individuals, such as food, clothing, etc., and their transfers from one camp to another. Significantly, Hyperion will also be interoperable with an asylum seeker’s digital case file at the Asylum Service, which means that any alert in the system about a breach of the camp’s rules may have negative implications on their asylum claim. In the example above, unjustified absence from the camp could lead to the rejection of their asylum application, exposing them to the risk of detention and deportation.