{"id":19011,"date":"2024-04-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=19011"},"modified":"2025-03-17T13:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T11:31:56","slug":"recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognised Refugees in Greece &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19011\" class=\"elementor elementor-19011\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861b2fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"861b2fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c528b69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"c528b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-826f0fe elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/category\/topics\/integration-and-social-rights\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Integration and Social Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/category\/publications\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Publications<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/category\/topics\/integration-and-social-rights\/recognised-refugees\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Recognised refugees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/category\/publications\/reports\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Reports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/category\/topics\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Topics<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-659569b elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/2024\/04\/03\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>April 3, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01a4eb0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"01a4eb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5198c1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5198c1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75d1cc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75d1cc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recognised Refugees in Greece - 2024<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b01009 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b01009\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beneficiaries of international protection in Greece.<br> Access to documents and socio-economic rights <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e935dbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e935dbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c974e53 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c974e53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c95843 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5c95843\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c09e4b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c09e4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c706a77 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c706a77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"492\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/rsa-01-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19109\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/rsa-01-1.png 492w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/rsa-01-1-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/rsa-01-1-400x194.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cad04c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cad04c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/proasyl.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"997\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PA_Rot_4C_Standard-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19111\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PA_Rot_4C_Standard-1-1.png 997w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PA_Rot_4C_Standard-1-1-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PA_Rot_4C_Standard-1-1-768x194.png 768w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PA_Rot_4C_Standard-1-1-400x101.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382e58d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"382e58d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66aa7bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66aa7bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refugees in Greece face chronic legal and practical obstacles to access to documents and socio-economic rights. These barriers, coupled with a policy expecting immediate autonomy and self-sufficiency, expose many holders of international protection to situations of homelessness and destitution, according to the new <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024-03_RSA_BIP.pdf\">annual report<\/a> published today by Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proasyl.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRO ASYL<\/a> Foundation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beneficiaries of international protection in Greece have no effective remedy against violations related to deprivation of socio-economic rights and to destitution.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c5da9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13c5da9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayaan* (41) is a single mother from Somalia who speaks only Somali and never learned to read and write as she never had the opportunity to go to school. She is a survivor of violence and was issued refugee status in mid-february 2024 after six months in Greece. She currently lives in a refugee camp outside of Athens.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we asked her about the problems she faces as a recognised refugee, she told us: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;When I got my asylum decision, the camp employees assisted me to apply for my documents but they didn&#8217;t tell me my rights or how to start my life here. The next day my food was cut. My financial situation is very bad. Now I am waiting for my passport. Thinking about the day I will get it makes me both happy and worried. After I get it, I will have to leave the camp. I didn&#8217;t find a Greek class and there were no buses to go to Athens to search for a job. I will have to start from zero and build a life here. I just want to find a job to support myself, be independent and without need of help. That&#8217;s all I want to be fine.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e419e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e419e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report provides updated information on the conditions faced by people receiving international protection status in Greece in terms of obtaining and renewing documents, with an emphasis on the residence permit (ADET). These are documents necessary for their access to social and economic rights, such as employment, housing, health, education and social welfare.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also extensive reference to the HELIOS housing programme, as well as the risk of homelessness and destitution faced by recognised refugees.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report also includes recognised refugees\u2019 cases who are returned to Greece in the context of readmissions from other European countries. Issues concerning refugees&#8217; access to other rights (such as access to social welfare, benefits, guaranteed minimum income and medical care) are covered in more detail in our previous reports (namely, RSA &amp; Stiftung PRO ASYL, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/report-bip-2023\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beneficiaries of international protection: Access to documents and socio-economic rights, March 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/beneficiaries-of-international-protection-in-greece-report\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/beneficiaries-of-international-protection-in-greece-access-to-documents-and-socio-economic-rights\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 2021<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the data presented in the new RSA report on recognised refugees and their access to documents and socio-economic rights, is based on our observations through the provision of free legal assistance in such cases. These issues are highlighted in the report also through many refugees\u2019 stories, whose cases have been undertaken by RSA.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These conditions continue to create potent risks of breach of the minimum standards set by Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union according to jurisdictions throughout Europe.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against this backdrop, the European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Greece under Letter of Formal Notice for poor implementation of the Qualification Directive as regards the content of international protection granted.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, whereas countries such as Germany or the Netherlands have adopted policies opposing deportations of beneficiaries of international protection to Greece apart from exceptional cases, European states still pursue returns of recognised refugees to Greece on the ground that they can enjoy the rights attached to their granted status.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3fa4e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a3fa4e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59312ae elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"59312ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Most difficulties concern access to a <b>residence permit (<i>\u0386\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1 \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae\u03c2 \u0395\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a4\u03cd\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5<\/i>, ADET)<\/b>, the identity document valid for three years in the case of refugees and one year in the case of subsidiary protection holders. ADET is a prerequisite for obtaining and maintaining a Social Security Number (<i>\u0391\u03c1\u03b9\u03b8\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2 \u039c\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u03ce\u03bf\u03c5 \u039a\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u0391\u03c3\u03c6\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2<\/i>, AMKA), for accessing employment, for receiving social benefits, even for movement within the Greek territory.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">ADET renewal applications must be submitted to the Asylum Service no later than 30 days prior to the expiry of the permit. Late renewal applications without due reasons face a 100 \u20ac fine.<\/p><p><b>There is a 56% increase in the backlog of ADET renewal applications pending in the past year.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df50cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3df50cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed\" data-src=\"story\/2310374\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd8a2f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd8a2f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>These figures demonstrate critical gaps in human resources<\/strong> at the AAU Beneficiaries of International Protection, as expressly acknowledged by the Asylum Service<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align);\"><span id='easy-footnote-1-19011' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-19011\" title=\"&lt;\/span&gt;Asylum Service, \u2018\u0391\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7 \u03a4\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ce\u03bd \u0395\u03b3\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c9\u03bd \u0394\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03cd\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u0394\u03b9\u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\u2019, 58515\/2024, 16 February 2024, 2. Cf. Ministry of Migration and Asylum, Reply to parliamentary question, 156079\/2023, 16 March 2023, available &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/UserFiles\/67715b2c-ec81-4f0c-ad6a-476a34d732bd\/12249772.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;here&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;.&lt;span style=&quot;color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align);&quot;&gt;\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span>. These gaps undermine its capacity to manage such cases.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Importantly, the majority of pending ADET renewal applications are at the stage of delegation to a Unit caseworker.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4063d94 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4063d94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed\" data-src=\"story\/2310384\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fdaff2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fdaff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Only after the issuance of an ADET Decision or an ADET Renewal Decision may beneficiaries of international protection file an email to request an appointment with the territorially competent Passport Office of the Hellenic Police for the purpose of submitting documents for the issuance of the permit. Such an appointment must be requested within six months of the issuance of the ADET Decision or ADET Renewal Decision, otherwise a new Decision must be taken.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The Aliens Unit of Attica (<i>\u03a4\u03bc\u03ae\u03bc\u03b1 \u0391\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03b4\u03b1\u03c0\u03ce\u03bd \u0391\u03c4\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2<\/i>) is the competent office for Attica. <strong>In the cases supported by RSA over the past year, waiting times for appointments for submission of documents to TAA ranged from two or five days to four weeks from the submission of the request. Waiting times reached one or two months in some exceptional cases:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe77de elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"bfe77de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-table\" data-src=\"visualisation\/17339930\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530e73c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"530e73c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Following the submission of documents and the taking of fingerprints at the Passport Office of the Hellenic Police, beneficiaries wait until their ADET is ready for collection at the Asylum Service.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Waiting times from the submission of documents to the TAA until the collection of the ADET from the RAO of Attica in cases supported by RSA ranged from 14 to 111 days and exceeded three months in several cases:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9341f2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9341f2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-table\" data-src=\"visualisation\/17339986\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f54b326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f54b326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The Asylum Service does not notify people individually of the collection of their ADET. At the end of every week, it uploads on its website a list of six-digit case numbers for which ADET are ready for collection on the indicated day. Therefore, beneficiaries have to regularly consult the weekly lists on the website of the Asylum Service until they find an entry corresponding to their individual case number.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Protracted waiting periods without identity documents<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><strong>In light of the above systemic deficiencies in the process of issuance and renewal of ADET, beneficiaries of international protection, including returnees from other European countries, remain without identity documents for several months<\/strong>, despite concerns raised by the Ombudsman<span id='easy-footnote-2-19011' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-19011\" title=\"Ombudsman, \u2018\u039a\u03b1\u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bb\u03ad\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ad\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u0391.\u0394.\u0395.\u03a4. \u03c3\u03b5 \u03c5\u03c0\u03cc\u03b8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03cd\u03c7\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\u2019, 316047\/64653\/2022, 28 November 2022.\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>, the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR)<span id='easy-footnote-3-19011' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-19011\" title=\"NCHR, \u2018\u0395\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03ae \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0395\u0395\u0394\u0391 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u03cc\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03a5\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b8\u03ad\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03ad\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03ce\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03cd\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03b8\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\u2019, 27 July 2021, available &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/bit.ly\/3zBjGRg&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;here&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;.\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>, the European Commission<span id='easy-footnote-4-19011' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-19011\" title=\"European Commission, &lt;i&gt;Operational conclusions \u2013 12&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;\/sup&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;i&gt; Steering Committee meeting for migration management&lt;\/i&gt;, Ares(2023)3222469, 25 April 2023; &lt;i&gt;Task Force Migration Management Mission Report \u2013 Athens\/Lesvos\/Evros \u2013 July 2022&lt;\/i&gt;, Ares(2022)5049125; Letter No Ares(2021)8048555, 7 December 2021, available &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/hias.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/eu_commissioner_for_home_affairs_ylva_johansson_-_response_to_joint_open_letter_of_33_organizations_on_exclusion_from_food_dsitribution.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s2&quot;&gt;here&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;.\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>, the EUAA<span id='easy-footnote-5-19011' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-19011\" title=\"EUAA, &lt;i&gt;Residence permits and travel documents for third-country nationals in the context of asylum&lt;\/i&gt;, EUAA\/2023\/23, November 2023, available &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/euaa.europa.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/2023-11\/AR2023_factsheet23_residence_permits_EN.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;here&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;.\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and EU Member State authorities<span id='easy-footnote-6-19011' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/recognised-refugees-in-greece-2024\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-19011\" title=\"Government of the Netherlands, \u2018Kamerbrief over diverse onderwerpen migratiebeleid\u2019, 7 November 2022.\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The Asylum Service notes that \u201cthere is a delay of 6 months in the process of renewing resident permits\u201d on account of serious delays linked mainly to the stage of processing of applications at the AAU Beneficiaries of International Protection. <strong>Waiting times in 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