Exposure to air condition or extreme temperatures during car ride

In many testimonies, people report being subjected to extreme temperatures as a form of punishment or psychological pressure during transportation. During pushbacks, people are often forced into overcrowded vehicles where air conditioning is turned to freezing levels, or, conversely, where heaters are set to unbearable highs. Sometimes this also takes place during car rides in cold winter conditions, where windows are forcibly kept open.

Prolonged exposure to these conditions can lead to hypothermia, wind burns, heat exhaustion, dehydration, and exacerbation of existing health issues. The deliberate infliction of suffering through temperature manipulation is a subtle yet highly effective method of coercion and degradation, violating the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment as established in the ECHR (Article 3) and other international frameworks. This tactic illustrates how everyday systems, like climate control, are weaponized as tools of violence, with authorities exploiting vulnerability and their control during transport to intensify suffering.