{"id":21235,"date":"2024-12-10T13:38:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=21235"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:35:16","slug":"refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugee facilities on the Aegean islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21235\" class=\"elementor elementor-21235 elementor-20816\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b7d93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8b7d93\" 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-ab3ad68 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ab3ad68\" 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loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f198da1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f198da1\" 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\">Refugee facilities on the Aegean islands<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-925cc8f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"925cc8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ex1\" 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\">What is the current situation in the Closed Controlled Access Centres?<\/h2>\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-f6c1c14 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6c1c14\" 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-35b91ad elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35b91ad\" 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\">Refugee facilities on the Aegean islands<\/h1>\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-a545b99 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fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__095bcd8\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__095bcd8\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/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>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d151d6d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d151d6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f3c32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25f3c32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d265924 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d265924\" 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\">Introduction<\/h2>\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-396a979 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"396a979\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd4ef42 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd4ef42\" 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;\">This report aims to update our previous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/ccac-aegean-islands-greece\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publication<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on refugee facilities on the Aegean islands, released in May 2023. We thought it was necessary to return to the matter in detail, for various reasons: <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-779f416 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"779f416\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19bf132 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"19bf132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/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-f8c7b12 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8c7b12\" 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;\">Arrivals of refugees on the islands are constantly rising<\/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-ad6f750 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad6f750\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fbf0e2 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"2fbf0e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/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-cdaf269 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdaf269\" 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>At the same time <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conditions deteriorate considerably<\/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-2f5eb19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f5eb19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9dd79 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"1e9dd79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/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-cf8de1f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf8de1f\" 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>Serious issues arise regarding funding streams and financial management of the facilities<\/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-8fe9c83 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8fe9c83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9185eab elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"9185eab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/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-99efdb0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99efdb0\" 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>There are also serious problems related to<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;understaffing and a gradual collapse of services<\/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-f76b744 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f76b744\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b4d2d4 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"9b4d2d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/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-ffcecb2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffcecb2\" 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;\">In addition, these facilities are at the heart of policies linked to the recently adopted reform of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/category\/topics\/common-european-asylum-system\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common European Asylum System<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CEAS).<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5dca7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a5dca7\" 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>This report offers information on the asylum procedure, from initial registration until the delivery of a decision. We do not repeat fundamental, structural issues pertaining to each CCAC (e.g. location, funding, structural features, security measures and fencing) as these have been documented in detail in our previous report and are accessible to those interested. For the purposes of this text, we use the term CCAC or facility to refer to the Closed Controlled Access Centres of the five islands covered by the present research.<\/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-57c271e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57c271e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d52c1fb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d52c1fb\" 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 EU introduced the hotspot approach in 2015 for the purpose of addressing refugee flows. This approach led to the launch of facilities on the islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros as Reception and Identification Centres (RIC). Since the end of 2021, these facilities have been successively transformed into Closed Controlled Access Centres (CCAC). CCAC are regional services of the Reception and Identification Service (RIS). The EU has entirely funded the construction of CCAC on Samos, Kos and Leros, as well as those on Lesvos and Chios where construction has run into serious obstacles. The EU maintains its monitoring role thereon. Whereas EU documents cite these centres as \u201cMulti-Purpose Reception and Identification Centres\u201d, the Greek government has officially adopted the term \u201cClosed Controlled Access Centres\u201d (CCAC).<\/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-26cd1ce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26cd1ce\" 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>For the purposes of this report, RSA conducted research from 20 September to 20 November 2024 through fact-finding missions and research on Kos, Leros and Samos, through the regular activity of its members on Lesvos and Chios, and through telephone interviews and online contacts.<\/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-d38305b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d38305b\" 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;\">We relied on statistical data published until mid-November and provided to us by the authorities, as well as on European Commission documents granted upon request. The information provided in this report was collected from cases undertaken and from our experience in the field, from contacts with organisations in the field, from asylum seekers residing in the facilities, staff working in the facilities, volunteers on the islands, as well as official communication with the responsible authorities and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. We extend our gratitude to all stakeholders who provided data and engaged with us in the context of this research.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As regards the competent authorities, we received a response from the RIS, outlined for each island below. We did not receive a reply from the General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection regarding the population of unaccompanied children in CCAC and the \u201csafe areas\u201d, despite our repeated efforts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data contained in the texts below refer to the situation at the time of our research, except where otherwise indicated. We note that such data are subject to fluctuation given the frequent changes observed in the facilities.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381603f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"381603f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5908745 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5908745\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9233e1e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9233e1e\" 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\">Population in the CCAC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94e798b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94e798b\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Capacity<\/h3>\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-6d4482d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d4482d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f88e1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1f88e1\" 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 Ministry of Migration and Asylum reports the capacity of CCAC as follows:<\/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-affcaa6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"affcaa6\" 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-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/20657082\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/20657082\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d8c99 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96d8c99\" 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;\">Serious discrepancies persist between the official \u201cnominal\u201d capacity and the \u201cactual\u201d capacity of the facilities, particularly in the case of <\/span><b>Kos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The reduced number of actual accommodation places is mainly owed to the poor state and insufficient repair of infrastructure, rendering several areas unfit for housing.<\/span><span id='easy-footnote-1-21235' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-21235' title='\u00a0European Commission, Email correspondence: \u2018Summary of meeting with SG Iatridis 07\/09\/23\u2019, Ares(2023)8358100, 8 September 2023.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also recall that on 28 September 2023 the Ministry expanded the nominal capacity of almost all facilities <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rsaegean\/posts\/pfbid0g7DEb3ZALdKHi3p1xuCUr6civzpKxAZuSBxWiokQvsa9qjxMd9jma5iJhvVzh3kJl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overnight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without providing clarifications or evidence of changes to the facilities that would justify such a change. Since then, there have been further changes without justification.\u00a0<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea11cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ea11cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-434f41a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"434f41a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c27174 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c27174\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Increased arrivals in the southern Aegean <\/h3>\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-a2a1c28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a2a1c28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0459b45 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0459b45\" 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 summer of 2024 saw a significant increase in arrivals through the southern Aegean compared to previous years. This has led to a higher number of people arriving at the CCAC of Leros, Kos but also Samos. Minister for Maritime Affairs, Christos Stylianidis, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/UserFiles\/67715b2c-ec81-4f0c-ad6a-476a34d732bd\/12705414.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">replied<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to a parliamentary question on 4 October 2024, stating that \u201cfrom the beginning of the year to 15\/09\/24 Hellenic Coast Guard officers have arrested 1,131 illegally entering foreigners on the island of Rhodes, and 4,566 on the remaining Dodecanese islands in the same period\u201d. Official figures of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum depict the evolution of entries in the CCAC throughout the year as follows:<\/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-a513a40 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a513a40\" 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-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/20657156\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/20657156\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e186348 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e186348\" 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;\">These observations are corroborated by RIS statistics on registrations in screening procedures per island, out of a total of 28,110 registrations in the first nine months of the year:<\/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-1095d8d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1095d8d\" 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-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/20657244\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/20657244\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-d57d026 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d57d026\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c471aeb e-con-full sticky-child e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c471aeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09770c3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09770c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"exdes1\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&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}\" 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\">Living conditions in the CCAC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cd1cdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7cd1cdd\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9d110e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b9d110e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d1330 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34d1330\" 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 EU-funded facilities already suffer serious damage in infrastructure and living areas, while some parts are not used for their designed purpose \u2013 washing machine areas or restaurants in some CCAC, for instance. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond other damage sustained, several containers have broken locks that have not been replaced due to a lack of funding. This creates security issues for people, particularly for women.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00f7407 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"00f7407\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdde6f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cdde6f7\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcffc67 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcffc67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b05a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1b05a8\" 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 European Commission has still not completed and published the required human rights impact assessment of the CCAC and to recommend measures to address reported problems, one and a half years after the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.europa.eu\/en\/decision\/en\/170792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recommendations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the European Ombudsman. This impact assessment seems to have been assigned to the Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO) of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, without any related publicly available information.<\/span><span id='easy-footnote-2-21235' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-21235\" title=\"European Commission, &lt;i&gt;17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;\/sup&gt; Steering Committee Meeting for Migration Management&lt;\/i&gt;, Ares(2024)5159021, 17 April 2024.\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60e5ac e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b60e5ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f3886 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"43f3886\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-431297b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"431297b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6cecce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6cecce\" 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;\">Furthermore, systems rapidly collapse when the number of residents increases and many people end up in inhuman and degrading conditions, since the necessary measures to protect residents\u2019 fundamental rights in such times have yet to be taken, as highlighted by the latest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/cpt\/-\/council-of-europe-anti-torture-committee-cpt-again-calls-on-greece-to-reform-its-immigration-detention-system-and-stop-pushbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in the summer of 2024.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5860b49 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5860b49\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e2cc46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3e2cc46\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04cc367 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04cc367\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4f6186 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4f6186\" 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>Living conditions are marred by very serious issues due to poor staffing of the island facilities and to gradual collapse of services, compounded by overpopulation and low seasonal temperatures (given the absence of necessary winterisation measures), as documented in the dedicated pages for each island.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can find them here<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57002fe e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57002fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d4af2 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"62d4af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/lesvos-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Lesvos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-43b0b0e elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"43b0b0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/samos-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Samos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-d9a889f elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d9a889f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/kos-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Kos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-d153409 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d153409\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/leros-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Leros<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-575c5cb elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"575c5cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/chios-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Chios<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-6cefa1e e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cefa1e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3cde11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3cde11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9dc88 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a9dc88\" 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;\">A large number of RIS officials covering constant needs are not permanent staff but work under fixed-term contracts. In many cases of urgency, civil society organisations step in to cover basic necessities (clothes, blankets, heating, medicine, even food) and to cover serious gaps left by the state.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ee4159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0ee4159\" 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>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37596de elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37596de\" 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-a9de64d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a9de64d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/KED-kos-video-me-nera-apo-Syrious_web.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\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-b0a33e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0a33e6\" 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>CCAC Kos, source: Private<\/p>\t\t\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-cfa4e6a elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfa4e6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rsaegean.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/202412islands.mp4&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container elementor-hidden-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7451f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c7451f5\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b256d2b e-con-full sticky-child e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b256d2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2ced9a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2ced9a\" 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\">Living conditions in the CCAC<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d9e1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"76d9e1d\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c344ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c344ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dffbac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dffbac\" 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 EU-funded facilities already suffer serious damage in infrastructure and living areas, while some parts are not used for their designed purpose \u2013 washing machine areas or restaurants in some CCAC, for instance. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond other damage sustained, several containers have broken locks that have not been replaced due to a lack of funding. This creates security issues for people, particularly for women.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a968a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"62a968a\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0ff07 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad0ff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559a856 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"559a856\" 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 European Commission has still not completed and published the required human rights impact assessment of the CCAC and to recommend measures to address reported problems, one and a half years after the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.europa.eu\/en\/decision\/en\/170792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recommendations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the European Ombudsman. This impact assessment seems to have been assigned to the Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO) of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, without any related publicly available information.<\/span><span id='easy-footnote-3-21235' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-21235\" title=\"European Commission, &lt;i&gt;17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;\/sup&gt; Steering Committee Meeting for Migration Management&lt;\/i&gt;, Ares(2024)5159021, 17 April 2024.\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/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-f98da2a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f98da2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-086bd7f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"086bd7f\" 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;\">Furthermore, systems rapidly collapse when the number of residents increases and many people end up in inhuman and degrading conditions, since the necessary measures to protect residents\u2019 fundamental rights in such times have yet to be taken, as highlighted by the latest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/cpt\/-\/council-of-europe-anti-torture-committee-cpt-again-calls-on-greece-to-reform-its-immigration-detention-system-and-stop-pushbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in the summer of 2024.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b965ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0b965ac\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93484fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93484fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fee889 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fee889\" 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 style=\"text-align: left;\">Living conditions are marred by very serious issues due to poor staffing of the island facilities and to gradual collapse of services, compounded by overpopulation and low seasonal temperatures (given the absence of necessary winterisation measures), as documented in the dedicated pages for each island.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You can find them here<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3abbd46 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3abbd46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d3afc7 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9d3afc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/lesvos-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Lesvos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-77e63da elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"77e63da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/samos-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Samos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-29562f8 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"29562f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/kos-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Kos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-11a7b89 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"11a7b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/leros-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Leros<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-d6987bd elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d6987bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/chios-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Chios<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f0f25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"19f0f25\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38bc36 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d38bc36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e2cf2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6e2cf2\" 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;\">A large number of RIS officials covering constant needs are not permanent staff but work under fixed-term contracts. In many cases of urgency, civil society organisations step in to cover basic necessities (clothes, blankets, heating, medicine, even food) and to cover serious gaps left by the state.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d790e03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d790e03\" 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-ac60ef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac60ef9\" 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>Kos CCAC, Source: Private<\/p>\t\t\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-e1a24ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e1a24ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de5d8d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de5d8d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad25ff2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad25ff2\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Controls and surveillance<\/h3>\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-ade40bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ade40bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9427af6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9427af6\" 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;\">Entry into the CCAC is subject to rigorous controls, as usually done at airports. Bags are checked and everyone enters through a metal detector gate. Checks are more thorough for refugees. Kos, Leros, and Samos are equipped with extensive surveillance and monitoring systems. E.g. on <\/span><b>Samos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they have to take off their shoes and belts. They insert their card in a special port and place their finger on a special fingerprint validation machine. This procedure is also applied to facility staff, many of whom had protested its roll-out. Final entry happens via tourniquet. When exiting the CCAC, residents again insert their asylum seeker card and give their fingerprint. These controls are not implemented in the current facilities of Lesvos and Chios as they are not equipped with such systems. Residents may enter the CCAC until 9 pm.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92866ba e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92866ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b632bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4b632bf\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125f115 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"125f115\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33dd401 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33dd401\" 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>Upon arrival at the CCAC or even earlier, asylum seekers have their mobile phones confiscated for an indefinite period of time, without a formal process and without further information or a right to object via an appeal or an independent authority review. As a result of this practice, people have no means to communicate with the outside world or with their family members or to seek legal assistance.<\/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-691cc58 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"691cc58\" 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;\">Every refugee we met on <\/span><b>Samos<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has experienced an \u201cinformal confiscation\u201d of their mobile phone by the Police, who have also demanded their password and only return them the phone days later. No document is delivered to attest the confiscation throughout the process. People are only given a number with which they request their phone from the Police. We stress that, even if this practice is applied on invoked security grounds or investigation of matters relating to human smuggling, the authorities should comply with the process set out in Greek and EU law (protection of fundamental rights, Articles 7 and 8 CFREU). For instance, they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawspot.gr\/nomika-nea\/i-katashesi-kai-ereyna-ton-apothikeymenon-dedomenon-kai-epikoinonion-se-syskeyi-kinitis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should ensure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that people are informed beforehand of the processing of such data for a specific purpose, that the phone owner consents to such processing of personal data, that the actions are authorised by a prosecutor or a court, and that a confiscation report is drawn up.\u00a0<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bec80d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bec80d6\" 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>SKAI Evening News Bulletin,\u00a0 Leros CCAC | 19\/09\/2024<\/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-96e196b e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96e196b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17d5191 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"17d5191\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-790e1a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"790e1a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2da6a9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2da6a9\" 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>Upon arrival at the CCAC or even earlier, asylum seekers have their mobile phones confiscated for an indefinite period of time, without a formal process and without further information or a right to object via an appeal or an independent authority review. As a result of this practice, people have no means to communicate with the outside world or with their family members or to seek legal assistance.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f9350 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76f9350\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1381088 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1381088\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba7eb8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ba7eb8\" 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;\">Every refugee we met on <\/span><b>Samos<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has experienced an \u201cinformal confiscation\u201d of their mobile phone by the Police, who have also demanded their password and only return them the phone days later. No document is delivered to attest the confiscation throughout the process. People are only given a number with which they request their phone from the Police. We stress that, even if this practice is applied on invoked security grounds or investigation of matters relating to human smuggling, the authorities should comply with the process set out in Greek and EU law (protection of fundamental rights, Articles 7 and 8 CFREU). For instance, they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawspot.gr\/nomika-nea\/i-katashesi-kai-ereyna-ton-apothikeymenon-dedomenon-kai-epikoinonion-se-syskeyi-kinitis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should ensure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that people are informed beforehand of the processing of such data for a specific purpose, that the phone owner consents to such processing of personal data, that the actions are authorised by a prosecutor or a court, and that a confiscation report is drawn up.\u00a0<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89feab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"89feab2\" 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-18922bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18922bd\" 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>SKAI Evening News Bulletin,\u00a0 Leros CCAC | 19\/09\/2024<\/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-986d2cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"986d2cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e57ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3e57ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ac9d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6ac9d2\" 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;\">On <\/span><b>Leros <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Kos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we received reports of \u201cinformal confiscations\u201d of mobile phones by the Coast Guard or the police upon interception at sea, without any formal process. Phones were kept for several days before being returned to people by the Police.<\/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-7078ab4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7078ab4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a1bf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0a1bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ex4\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fc1f6d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fc1f6d\" 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;\">Mohsen*, a refugee from Syria, arrived on Leros via sea at the end of July 2024. When he and the group of people travelling with him were arrested by the Coast Guard, they were transferred to a Coast Guard boat. There, coast guard officers confiscated their phones and placed them in a bag. Other valuable items were requested but were returned to their owners immediately. However, the passengers retrieved their mobile phones by the Police almost two weeks later, inside CCAC Leros.\u00a0<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb3b4a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fb3b4a7\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715c760 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"715c760\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f9b7b2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f9b7b2\" 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;\">At the same time, access to the facilities is systematically restricted for organisations active in the field, lawyers and journalists. The RIS has repeatedly and systematically denied such access, while in most cases local CCAC managers cite a lack of competence to decide on meeting requests from organisations.\u00a0<\/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-dbca79f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbca79f\" 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>In our case too, during our mission to Samos on 9-11 October 2024 we were informed by the CCAC Manager orally and by phone that our written request for a meeting with her had been rejected by the RIS. RSA lawyers seeking entry into the CCAC to meet with our clients were asked to show not only their professional ID and credentials of their interpreter, but also a written authorisation from clients \u2013 before we met with them to be able to obtain it! Only after they telephoned the Manager to explain the evident right of lawyers to enter for the very purpose of obtaining written authorisation were they allowed in. We note that we had previously informed the CCAC Management of our visit, of the names of our clients and of the need for a dedicated space to meet with them.<\/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-7e32f15 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e32f15\" 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 CCAC continue to operate surveillance systems under the \u201cCentaur\u201d and \u201cHyperion\u201d programmes funded by the EU Recovery and Resilience Fund, even though the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpa.gr\/el\/enimerwtiko\/prakseisArxis\/aytepaggelti-ereyna-gia-tin-anaptyxi-kai-egkatastasi-ton-programmaton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Protection Authority<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has deemed them unlawful and has imposed a 175,000 \u20ac fine on the Ministry of Migration and Asylum. The \u201cCentaur\u201d programme is a comprehensive digital system of Online and Physical Security around and inside the island facilities through camera and algorithmic motion analysis. The \u201cHyperion\u201d programme is a comprehensive biometric use entry-exit control system for the facilities. The same Ministry has also failed to publish the human rights and data protection impact assessment of the programmes, requested by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ombudsman.europa.eu\/en\/decision\/en\/170792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Ombudsman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> almost one and a half years ago. The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/cpt\/-\/council-of-europe-anti-torture-committee-cpt-again-calls-on-greece-to-reform-its-immigration-detention-system-and-stop-pushbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raised<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the issue of excessive security measures and barbed wire and their impact on children and vulnerable people, especially in their living areas.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3c290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b3c290\" 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>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00fceef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"00fceef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cf45a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9cf45a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a4bcd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32a4bcd\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Access to water<\/h3>\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-ff51e03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff51e03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c0037a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c0037a\" 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;\">Water provision in the CCAC is a persisting, extensive issue, despite consistent pressure on the authorities from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/Koinovouleftikos-Elenchos\/Mesa-Koinovouleutikou-Elegxou?pcm_id=3db6a88e-101e-4449-af13-b12b00e97998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">parliamentary scrutiny<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and from the European Commission in its dialogue with the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.<\/span><span id='easy-footnote-4-21235' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-21235\" title=\"For instance, European Commission, Email correspondence: \u2018meeting Secretary General Siarapi 29 April\u2019, Ares(2024)5590307, 29 April 2024.\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Problems in water provisions have elicited costly, ineffective and temporary solutions.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serious shortages of running water in CCAC have been notably highlighted on <\/span><b>Leros <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Samos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The former also faces serious sewage problems according to the European Commission.<\/span><span id='easy-footnote-5-21235' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-21235\" title=\"&lt;i&gt;Ibid&lt;\/i&gt;\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> <span>Sewage issues are also reported on other CCAC e.g. <\/span><b>Kos<\/b><span>, especially when overcrowded. Many of these issues are linked to permanent water shortages on most islands which deteriorate in the summer months (e.g. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naftemporiki.gr\/green\/climate\/1699250\/leros-se-katastasi-ektaktis-anagkis-logo-leipsydrias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Leros<\/b><\/a><span>). Similar issues face the facility under construction in Vastria, <\/span><b>Lesvos<\/b><span>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As regards drinking water, the RIS reply we received states: \u201cAs regards drinking water, we stress that asylum seekers receive three (3) litres of bottled water per day through food provision.\u201d However, people we met on <\/span><b>Kos<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Leros<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as <\/span><b>Lesvos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, stated they only received one and a half litres a day.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552197d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"552197d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9ea73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a9ea73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a466a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a466a4\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Medical personnel<\/h3>\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-ad1dd29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad1dd29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989153c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"989153c\" 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>According to the response we obtained from the RIS, as of 11 November 2024, <strong>there is no doctor in any CCAC except for Lesvos.<\/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-82ce2c9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82ce2c9\" 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;\">\u00a0Critical gaps in medical personnel in the Medical Control and Psychosocial Support Units in the CCAC therefore persist even after the completion of the PHILOS programme at the end of June 2024 \u2013 at that time there <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/stats-reception-of-asylum-seekers-jun-24\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only two doctors on <\/span><b>Lesvos<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and two on <\/span><b>Leros <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for first-line health care and psychosocial support. The HIPPOCRATES programme implemented by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tamey.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/%CE%9B08%CE%A646%CE%9C%CE%94%CE%A8%CE%9F-%CE%A3%CE%95%CE%9A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">launched<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in September, however, serious gaps remain in staffing of positions in the CCAC.<\/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-5885434 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5885434\" 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\/20657679\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/20657679\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6fb8e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c6fb8e\" 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;\">Staff would not suffice to cover the population in the facilities even if all advertised positions were filled. In any event, resort to succession of programmes to cover constant needs does not point to resolution of critical, systemic issues. For instance, the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) highlights that \u201ceach CCAC should have one full-time doctor and three nurses for every 500 persons\u201d and urges for preparedness to increase staff upon potential increase in arrivals in its latest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/reference\/countryrep\/coecpt\/2024\/en\/148303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Greece.<\/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-120c54d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"120c54d\" 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>The absence of doctors entails more than an inability of the state to deliver absolutely necessary medical care to the thousands of people living in the island facilities. It also poses a serious barrier to screening procedures which by law include a medical check and vulnerability assessment prior to the registration of an asylum application. The lack of medical staff is particularly critical for vulnerable cases with chronic and serious illnesses, such as diabetic patients. Furthermore, it renders connection with and referral to second- and third-line health care impossible, while all the islands hosting a CCAC suffer from seriously understaffed hospitals. Finally, people belonging to particular social groups (e.g. LGBTI+ persons) find no protection from violent behaviour from other residents and their reports to management meet no response. There is no functional infrastructure for access of people with disabilities and there are serious gaps in medication in most CCAC, even for people with chronic illnesses.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7145340 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7145340\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc3dbd1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc3dbd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab52720 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab52720\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Financial allowance<\/h3>\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-b53e018 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b53e018\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72ddc0d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72ddc0d\" 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;\">In addition to housing, food and clothing, the law foresees a monthly financial allowance (cash assistance) to cover asylum seekers\u2019 daily expenses. The financial allowance, funded by the EU under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 2021-2027, ranges from 75 \u20ac a month for a single person to a maximum of 210 \u20ac for families of four or more members. It therefore offers a minimum and absolutely necessary contribution to people\u2019s daily needs, not least given the serious gaps in the provision of basic conditions inside the facilities.<\/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-fec4a61 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"fec4a61\" 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\/18157137\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/18157137\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8051487 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8051487\" 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;\">However, disbursement of the allowance had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/suspension-of-financial-assistance-to-asylum-seekers-in-greece-since-may-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stopped<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> altogether over the past months due to problems in funding management on the part of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum. The last instalment paid concerned April 2024. This affected all island CCAC and was reported to us by residents during our mission to <\/span><b>Samos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Our information indicates that as of October asylum seekers still living in the CCAC received retroactive payments for the months May and June. They have yet to receive the instalments for July onwards, however. In the meantime, those people who had left the islands never received the allowance to which they were entitled.<\/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-6f08787 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f08787\" 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>Failure to disburse the financial allowance carries very serious consequences for people living in the facilities, as they lack even this form of minimum support to afford basic necessities and necessary transport.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0803249 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0803249\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84deed2 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"84deed2\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c49768 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c49768\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2268674 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2268674\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transportation<\/h3>\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-0ce65d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ce65d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8479d95 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8479d95\" 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 issues we documented last year in relation to transport of residents from the CCAC to cities persist. On <\/span><b>Kos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, two more bus schedules have been added, with a bus stop outside the facility. The cost of a one-way trip is 2.30 \u20ac. On <\/span><b>Samos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, transport to Vathy happens by bus at a one-way cost of 1.90 \u20ac. Bus schedules are not frequent, and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buses<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0are often full and cannot service all refugees waiting at the stop. All the refugees with whom we met complain about transportation difficulties and costs and are often forced to resort to taxis at a minimum 20 \u20ac cost. Throughout the entire journey from Vathy to the CCAC, a near seven-kilometre uphill trip, we encountered refugees walking from Vathy to the CCAC and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vice versa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is a permanent image on the islands, as residents of the facilities often lack the means to afford a bus ticket and end up walking to and from the city.\u00a0<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e0723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e0e0723\" 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-a273ffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a273ffe\" 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>Kos CCAC, Source: Private<\/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-a1ad9c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a1ad9c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44749b3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44749b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11243de elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11243de\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unaccompanied children<\/h3>\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-b0a587c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0a587c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b35ed elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5b35ed\" 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>The island CCAC have separate areas for accommodation of unaccompanied children, serving as \u201csafe areas\u201d. In the past months, these safe areas host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.efsyn.gr\/ellada\/dikaiomata\/453431_sto-eleos-toy-theoy-peripoy-900-asynodeyta-prosfygopoyla-stis-domes-ton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than double <\/a>their capacity, with serious repercussions on children\u2019s daily life, coverage of daily needs and hygiene conditions. These spaces include very young children (including an unaccompanied baby on Kos, for instance).<\/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-0d1baae elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d1baae\" 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;\">On <\/span><b>Lesvos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, arrivals of unaccompanied children and children separated from their families rose by 130%, with 73 arrivals in September compared to 30 in August and to lower numbers in the months before, leading to a sizeable increase in unaccompanied children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <\/span><b>Chios<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">too, the recently increased number of unaccompanied children resulted in children sleeping in quarantine and leisure areas, while some children sleep on mattresses on the floor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <\/span><b>Leros<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as reported to us during our visit, there are often no beds for unaccompanied minors to sleep in the safe area due to overcrowding. Lack of hygiene and clean linen, as well as skin conditions were also reported. We were told that five people usually live in one room and that more than 20 people lived in one room of unaccompanied girls in September.<\/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-25579bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25579bd\" 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 organisation ZEFXIS implements the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/safeareas.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe Areas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> programme for the CCAC of Samos, Leros, Chios and Kos as of 1 February 2024, under an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/diavgeia.gov.gr\/decision\/view\/%CE%A8%CE%A3%CE%A3%CE%9446%CE%9C%CE%94%CE%A8%CE%9F-%CE%9A%CE%A8%CE%A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the Ministry of Migration and Asylum. The programme ends on 31 January 2025 and no announcement has been made yet on its succession.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organisations METAdrasi and PRAKSIS have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/campaigns\/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%BD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">undertaken<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the implementation of the guardianship programme for unaccompanied children, coming to a close at the end of the year. The General Secretariat for Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection has orally confirmed an extension of the programme for 2025. The programme is affected by financial issues on the part of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, given that guardians have remained unpaid for several months. Furthermore, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/UserFiles\/67715b2c-ec81-4f0c-ad6a-476a34d732bd\/12768980.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of professionals (individual guardians) deployed at the moment is 145 countrywide. This number is not sufficient to cover the needs of all children. We note that each individual guardian may undertake up to 15 children. At the same time, the process of appointment of guardians is marred by serious delays on the part of the responsible Prosecutors. This directly leads to delays in registration, the asylum process, as well as family reunification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Significant delays have also been reported with regard to transfers of children to the mainland due to a lack of funding.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093adf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"093adf3\" 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-66a150f elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66a150f\" 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>Kos CCAC, Photo: migration.gov.gr<\/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-c2eade6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2eade6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67a3fc6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"67a3fc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3624ea elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3624ea\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h3>\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-c0bb1aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0bb1aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e944a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65e944a\" 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;\">Enrolments in public schools have been relatively restored, while the number of children attending reception classes (DYEP) has increased. Delays persist in staffing, also affecting education inside the facilities e.g. kindergarten inside the CCAC of <\/span><b>Kos<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Samos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In many cases, however, children are not provided even with basic school materials: bags, notebooks and essential items. There are also reports of absence of information from CCAC to newly arrived parents on education possibilities for their children.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, locals object to the enrolment of children in public schools in some cases. For instance, on <\/span><b>Leros<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and in particular in Xirokampos, the village adjacent to the facility, residents demanded that children from the facility not enrol in the village school. Due to the protests, enrolment in the last school year was ultimately done at a school in Agia Marina, 6 kilometers away from the CCAC. On <\/span><b>Samos<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">too, there is insufficient space for high school reception classes due to a lack of classrooms. Finally, often abrupt transfers of families to the mainland result in enrolled children being unable to attend classes due to their transfer.<\/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-de08eac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de08eac\" 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>In most cases, the facilities do not offer sufficient activities for unaccompanied children. <em>\u201cWe are waiting to go to school, there are no activities in here\u201d,<\/em> we heard from an unaccompanied child residing in the Leros safe area, where the playground resembles a prison and has no trees or grass. On Kos and Leros, there are no services of non-formal education, since the respective KEDU and LEDU Education Intervention Mobile Units ceased operations at the end of June. These remain limited on the remaining islands.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e00c955 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e00c955\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfd5800 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dfd5800\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162c465 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"162c465\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical gaps in interpretation services<\/h3>\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-12be09b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12be09b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74f016 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b74f016\" 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;\">Major <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/major-deficiencies-in-the-provision-of-interpretation-services-in-greece\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gaps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in interpretation services affecting both the Asylum Service and refugee facilities throughout the country over the past months have rendered the state unable to provide required services.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 15 May 2024, the organisation METAdrasi suspended interpretation services it exclusively offered until then under an agreement with the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, due to the termination of the contract and several months of delays in payments. METAdrasi had also halted interpretation services to the Asylum Service since 29 April 2024 for the same reasons. Interpretation services are also financed by EU funds under AMIF 2021-2027.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) partly covered these serious gaps. In its reply to our request (on 9\/12\/2024), the EUAA noted that, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFurther to the Ministry\u2019s request on 22 May 2024, [&#8230;] as of 3 June 2024, the EUAA extended its support in interpretation in the areas of asylum and reception\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by deploying, in June 2024, a total of 257 interpreters in Greece, of whom 93 at Asylum Offices and 164 in RIS facilities, as well as some hours of remote, online interpretation (data by EUAA in its reply to RSA). This extension of support came despite the 2022-2024 EUAA Operational Plan particularly foreseeing that support to interpretation by the EUAA would be gradually phased out and handed over to the Greek authorities. The plan was commonly agreed between the EUAA and Greece, signed in 2022, and amended in April 2024, citing that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInterpretation support may only be provided on an ad-hoc basis and only in case of extraordinary needs\u201d,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as cited in EUAA\u2019s reply.\u00a0 In the same reply, EUAA notes that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBased on follow-up requests of the Ministry the EUAA support with additional interpretation was extended until the middle of September. Further extension of this unplanned support was not possible due to limitations in the Agency\u2019s resources.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the figures were received from the RIS and the EUAA, the EUAA has deployed interpreters to the CCAC for the following languages in November 2024:<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/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-031529f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"031529f\" 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\/20657892\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/20657892\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"table visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-999f471 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"999f471\" 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=\"color: var( --e-global-color-c53f6d9 ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">The aforementioned number of interpreters in the CCAC is extremely low, especially bearing in mind that each facility requires interpretation for several languages and for every service, from screening and registration of asylum applications to daily living and needs.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0884944 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0884944\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-178e3a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"178e3a9\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c0c02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73c0c02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0faf2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec0faf2\" 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\">Screening and asylum procedures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ed63d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71ed63d\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Entry in the CCAC<\/h3>\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-aa126c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa126c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e15b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e15b3\" 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;\">Every person arriving or present in Greece without documentation must be brought by the Police of the Coast Guard to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/UserFiles\/67715b2c-ec81-4f0c-ad6a-476a34d732bd\/12748283.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nearest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the five island CCAC or the three mainland RIC for the purposes of identification. The authorities <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/UserFiles\/67715b2c-ec81-4f0c-ad6a-476a34d732bd\/12662102.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highlight<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that almost all people entering the CCAC apply for asylum in Greece and are thereby entitled to the rights of asylum seekers.<\/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-d47b4dd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d47b4dd\" 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>Due to the increase in southern Aegean arrivals since the summer of 2024, as described above, many of the arrivals on CCAC <strong>Leros<\/strong> and <strong>Kos<\/strong> include people initially arrived on other islands e.g. Rhodes and Tilos, where no RIS facilities exist and living conditions are clearly substandard. These people have often been forced to remain on these islands in homelessness on the streets given that the places lack reception facilities as well as temporary accommodation areas, until their transfer to an island CCAC<\/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-a679f41 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a679f41\" 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;\">Moreover, people travelling by their own means to the islands for the purposes of registering an asylum claim encounter serious difficulties. They face either a denial of registration on grounds of lack of competence (e.g. <\/span><b>Kos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) or even detention, continued even after their claim has been registered (e.g. <\/span><b>Lesvos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). In the former case, people are called to travel to the mainland and appear before RIC Malakasa for the purpose of registration. Yet, this practice finds no basis in the law and causes unreasonable delays and denials of protection to refugees. Per a recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicparliament.gr\/UserFiles\/67715b2c-ec81-4f0c-ad6a-476a34d732bd\/12748283.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reply<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Minister of Migration and Asylum to a parliamentary question, \u201con the Island of Rhodes there is no Regional Service of the Reception and Identification Service of our Ministry (see articles 34-36 of p.d. 106\/2020 Gov. Gazette 255\/A\/2020, as amended and in force) and newly arrived third-country nationals or stateless persons on the Greek territory through this specific Island are transferred by the aforementioned competent Authorities to the nearest RIC or CCAC.\u201d<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc1edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0dc1edc\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90beae8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90beae8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3da4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce3da4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ex5\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d18beb1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d18beb1\" 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;\">Samir*, a Palestinian refugee, voluntarily approached the Kos CCAC to register his asylum claim. However, he was referred to the police, where he was arrested, detained, and issued a return decision without his asylum intent being recorded. He was later released with a \u201cService Note of Release,\u201d granting him a 25-day deadline to leave the country, along with the restriction of not residing illegally in Athens. After his release, Samir* returned to the Kos Reception and Identification Service (RIS) to register his claim, only to be told that it was not responsible for processing his request. He was informed that he needed to go to the Malakasa RIC in Attica for registration. Following the intervention of RSA lawyers, Samir* was eventually allowed into the Kos CCAC premises. However, the Kos RIS continued to insist that it was not responsible for his case and stated that the registration process could not be completed there. Instead, they said he would need to be referred to the Malakasa RIC for registration, which required an appointment through an online platform that was non-functional at the time. After further legal intervention, the Kos CCAC finally agreed to register Samir&#8217;s claim. Just one week after his registration, he was recognized as a refugee by the Asylum Service.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61371ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"61371ae\" 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-48481bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48481bb\" 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>Kos CCAC, Source: Private<\/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-97634d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"97634d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f0ab9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55f0ab9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e61ab9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e61ab9\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Screening<\/h3>\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-6d180a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d180a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a254e5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a254e5\" 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>People are held in de facto detention inside the CCAC for a five-day period for screening purposes. This detention, termed \u201crestriction on freedom\u201d inside the facility in Greek law, is a blanket and thereby unlawful measure according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/inf_23_142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Commission<\/a>.<\/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-bc9aeb3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc9aeb3\" 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;\">It may be prolonged for another 20 days in the event of justifiable delays in the completion of screening. In practice, however, the \u201crestriction on freedom\u201d inside the CCAC is systematically prolonged under standardised decisions of the Managers even though delays in the procedure are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/greek-court-rules-detention-of-unregistered-refugees-in-ric-malakasa-unlawful\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attributed to the authorities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are neither motivated nor individually assessed. On <\/span><b>Leros<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the duration of screening even goes beyond 25 days. These timeframes directly exceed the limits set by Greek law and by the new EU <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=OJ:L_202401356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Regulation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which imposes an obligation to conduct screening at the border within seven days.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For as long as they are detained unregistered inside the CCAC, people only hold the \u201crestriction on freedom\u201d decisions that bear their photograph, their declared personal details, a unique six-digit code and their six-digit Asylum Case Number.<\/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-846637f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"846637f\" 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<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/periorismos.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"periorismos\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA5MTIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9yc2FlZ2Vhbi5vcmdcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzEyXC9wZXJpb3Jpc21vcy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"859\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/periorismos-859x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20912\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf \u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc\u03c6\u03b1\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd \u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03b8\u03b5\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/periorismos-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/periorismos-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/periorismos-768x916.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/periorismos-400x477.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/periorismos.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">[Anonymised restriction on freedom decisions]<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\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-9a0f031 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a0f031\" 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>The RIS, however, refuses to ensure their access to legal assistance. The CCAC refuse to certify the signature of detained persons \u2013 a prerequisite to authorising a lawyer.\u00a0<\/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-da6bc5d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da6bc5d\" 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 CCAC cite internal instructions which are neither disclosed nor compatible with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kodiko.gr\/nomothesia\/document\/11641\/nomos-2690-1999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and with a legal opinion the RIS has received from the Legal Service of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum since the summer of 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related requests we have submitted to the CCAC to certify the signatures of detainees are not met with a written response, as a rule. Contrary to CCAC management, the Regional Asylum Offices of the Asylum Service hosted in the same premises certify the signatures of the people concerned, following instructions issued to them in the summer of 2024.<\/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-8a55d19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a55d19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5786540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5786540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ex6\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d1a70 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59d1a70\" 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;\">Hossam*, a Syrian refugee, arrived in CCAC Leros at the end of September 2024. On the day after his arrival, he received a \u201crestriction on freedom\u201d order for five days. His detention was prolonged with a new decision, which he did not receive. Despite repeated interventions from his lawyers, Hossam* was not registered until the very end of October, more than one month after his arrival in the CCAC. Throughout that time, CCAC Leros refused to certify the authorisation that had been sent by his lawyers. Hossam* was referred to RAO Leros of the Asylum Service which provided the service. The CCAC did not agree to even send a scanned copy of his authorisation to RSA lawyers, stating that it had no such obligation. In contrast to the delays of the screening process, Hossam* gave an asylum interview five days after his registration and was recognised as a refugee two days later.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408eb29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"408eb29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e77389e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e77389e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6435c0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6435c0\" 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 same issue relating to certification of signatures for the purposes of authorising a legal representative affects people (e.g. on <\/span><b>Lesvos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) who have received a second-instance negative decision on their asylum claim and no longer hold an asylum seeker\u2019s card. These people are excluded from the right to be represented and often remain in legal limbo.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another serious, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/the-workings-of-the-screening-regulation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chronic issue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in screening concerns the lack of transparency in the way the authorities verify people\u2019s details such as their country of origin.<\/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-446d426 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"446d426\" 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>In many cases, the Police and\/or Frontex not only dispute a person\u2019s declaration on their origin but \u201cdetermine\u201d a specific nationality to them. For example, stateless Bidoons with years of residence in Kuwait are erroneously identified as Iraqi nationals and Eritreans with lengthy residence in Ethiopia are incorrectly identified as Ethiopian nationals.\u00a0<\/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-b91c9be elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b91c9be\" 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<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ekthesi_eksakrivwsis.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"ekthesi_eksakrivwsis\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjA5MjAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9yc2FlZ2Vhbi5vcmdcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzEyXC9la3RoZXNpX2Vrc2Frcml2d3Npcy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ekthesi_eksakrivwsis-718x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20920\" alt=\"\u0391\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf \u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf \u03ad\u03ba\u03b8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b5\u03be\u03b1\u03ba\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ekthesi_eksakrivwsis-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ekthesi_eksakrivwsis-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ekthesi_eksakrivwsis-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ekthesi_eksakrivwsis-400x570.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ekthesi_eksakrivwsis.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">[Anonymised screening report]<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\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-32f6bbc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32f6bbc\" 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;\">Such a \u201cdetermination\u201d is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/new-pact-on-migration-and-asylum-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not permitted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Screening Regulation and is recorded without any motivation in standardised \u201cScreening Reports\u201d filled by the CCAC. It can end up creating serious issues in the ensuing asylum procedure, given that the Asylum Service ends up disputing the applicants\u2019 statements and dismissing their claims as non-credible.<\/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-7ab21d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ab21d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d2cbc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d2cbc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ex7\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ec249 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28ec249\" 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;\">A family of stateless Bidoons from Kuwait with two minor children arrived on Tilos in August 2024 and were transferred to Kos. Upon \u201cscreening\u201d of their personal details, CCAC Kos challenged, without justification, their statement about their origin and noted Iraq as their estimated nationality, noting that this <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201ccame up in the identification procedure\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without citing any further element. Afterwards, the Asylum Service rejected their asylum claim, not accepting that they are stateless Bidoon from Kuwait (despite the contrary relevant suggestion of the EUAA operator who conducted the interview) and ordered their deportation without specifying where they were required to return. The family\u2019s case is pending at second instance before the Appeals Authority. <\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ecc488 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ecc488\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac82dbe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac82dbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e942f3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e942f3\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Asylum procedure<\/h3>\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-df3d921 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df3d921\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc22d3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc22d3\" 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>The overwhelming majority of people arriving on the islands are in need of international protection, given that they come from countries for which Greece approves asylum applications according to <a href=\"https:\/\/migration.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/%CE%A1%CE%BF%CE%AD%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CF%8E%CE%BD-%CF%83%CE%B5-%CE%9A%CE%95%CE%94-%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CE%9A%CE%A5%CE%A4-%CE%A6%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%91-%CE%95%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%BF-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official figures<\/a> e.g. Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Palestine and Yemen. For some of these countries, the Asylum Service grants refugee status without the need to conduct an interview with the applicant.<\/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-ddaa907 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddaa907\" 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;\">Legal assistance to asylum seekers is exclusively offered by civil society organisations, with the exception of the second instance where assistance is also provided by lawyers of an Asylum Registry managed by the state. Legal assistance is, however, limited prior to the registration of asylum applications, beyond formal information people receive from the authorities and from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In addition, lawyers of the Registry started an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawspot.gr\/nomika-nea\/protasi-apohis-dikigoron-apo-tis-ypiresies-toy-mitrooy-asyloy-apo-11-11-eos-kai-29-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abstention from their duties<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to delays in payments for over one year \u2013 despite disbursement of the relevant funding. Civil society organisation lawyers are not sufficient to cover legal needs and are constantly reduced due to funding limitations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities on the islands continue to arbitrarily implement the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/border-procedure-greek-islands\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">border procedure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, normally reserved for unfounded cases. This procedure entails extremely short deadlines and reduced safeguards for applicants. Requests we submit to highlight breaches of the relevant rules and to request referral of people to the regular procedure are neither examined nor replied by the Asylum Service.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For their part, interviews of asylum seekers are systematically carried out by European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) personnel. This means that decisions are taken by Asylum Service caseworkers who have never seen or heard the people whose fate they are determining. Over the past months, asylum interviews are rescheduled or postponed due to the stark gaps in interpretation services.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed790dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ed790dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e6e701 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e6e701\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b469c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74b469c\" 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\">Recognised refugees<\/h2>\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-f6e5976 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6e5976\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df88c11 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df88c11\" 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>Greek law remains <a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-camps-in-mainland-greece\/\">unacceptably harsh<\/a> towards people who are granted a protection status while remaining in CCAC and other facilities, as repeatedly highlighted by civil society, the European Commission<span id='easy-footnote-6-21235' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-21235\" title=\" European Commission, Letter to civil society organisations, Ares(2024)613054, 26 January 2024.\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synigoros.gr\/el\/category\/default\/post\/ek8esh-or\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ombudsman<\/a>. It provides for automatic termination of all their material reception conditions e.g. food and financial allowance and requires them to leave the CCAC within 30 days. This rule remains in force and is strictly enforced by CCAC, despite government commitments for immediate legislative changes.<span id='easy-footnote-7-21235' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/refugee-facilities-on-the-aegean-islands\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-21235\" title=\"\u00a0Minister of Migration and Asylum, Letter to the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, 36502\/2024, 1 February 2024: \u201cwe are in the process of extending the period from 30 to 60 days for food provision to all refugees after they receive a positive verdict on their asylum applications.\u201d\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/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-6d2f15b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d2f15b\" 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;\">Difficulties are compounded when delays occur in the issuance of documents for refugees. By way of recent illustration, recognised refugees on <\/span><b>Leros<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are required to leave the facility one month after being notified a positive decision even if they have not yet received their residence permit so as to be able to depart from the island. The issuance of residence permits may be completed much later than the one month deadline by which people must exit the facility, given that appointments at the Police may be set even one month later, on the one hand, while delays affect the collection process after fingerprints are taken, on the other. Requests from RSA clients for extension of their stay in CCAC Leros have not been replied in some cases, while in others the responses solely cite the 30-day deadline set by law for departure from the facility.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea32941 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea32941\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67a3740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"67a3740\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da8f83 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2da8f83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba37b82 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba37b82\" 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;\">On 29 October, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rsaegean\/posts\/pfbid02DYaWfxw8KizaG4rVNPvR5c3b5xsNYfx3TiH9nLGBAxXEq39xCtErKAvFZ8X2CcP3l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than 100 people were evicted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the facility \u2013 refugees spoke to us of up to 250 people \u2013 after CCAC staff and security personnel suddenly entered their living areas early in the morning and forced them to leave. Some of them did not have time to even collect their personal belongings. Among the people evicted from the facility are several vulnerable cases, people with health conditions and large families with young children. Refugees evicted from CCAC Leros at times seek refuge in the old Psychiatric Ward of Leros and in other abandoned buildings, in parks and at the beach, in abhorring conditions and without access to running water or bathrooms. When visiting those spaces, we found clothes and other items indicating that people had recently spent the night there.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d251a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d251a96\" 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-c75386b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c75386b\" 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>Former Leros Psychiatric Hospital \u2013 Photo: RSA<\/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-be2e545 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be2e545\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1360a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1360a81\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-206a351 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"206a351\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c64ad9e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c64ad9e\" 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;\">On 29 October, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rsaegean\/posts\/pfbid02DYaWfxw8KizaG4rVNPvR5c3b5xsNYfx3TiH9nLGBAxXEq39xCtErKAvFZ8X2CcP3l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than 100 people were evicted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the facility \u2013 refugees spoke to us of up to 250 people \u2013 after CCAC staff and security personnel suddenly entered their living areas early in the morning and forced them to leave. Some of them did not have time to even collect their personal belongings. Among the people evicted from the facility are several vulnerable cases, people with health conditions and large families with young children. Refugees evicted from CCAC Leros at times seek refuge in the old Psychiatric Ward of Leros and in other abandoned buildings, in parks and at the beach, in abhorring conditions and without access to running water or bathrooms. When visiting those spaces, we found clothes and other items indicating that people had recently spent the night there.<\/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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd06f23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fd06f23\" 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-c9b009e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9b009e\" 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>Former Leros Psychiatric Hospital<br \/>Photo: RSA<\/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-fa139e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa139e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5276a48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5276a48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26046b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f26046b\" 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 same issue prevailed on <\/span><b>Kos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Last winter, more than 200 people were homeless in the forests surrounding the CCAC. Volunteers refer to cases of families with infants, as well as a pregnant woman sleeping on the streets. Recognised refugees face <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equal-rights.org\/articles\/132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">homelessness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and usually try to find solutions by living with many people in the island\u2019s scarce apartments and by searching for provisional, informal work to cover their expenses. Others travel to different cities in Greece with the same aim. Some cases of particularly vulnerable people have even led to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equal-rights.org\/articles\/124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interim measures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to secure dignified living conditions and to prevent homelessness.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for CCAC <\/span><b>Samos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, refugees leave the facility after collecting a residence permit and travel document. Food provision also ceases when the asylum decision is notified. During our mission, we met a family of recognised refugees with a child. All held residence permits but the child awaited a travel document. They stopped receiving food upon collecting their residence permits and remained for 24 days without food or water.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognised refugees are being evicted from the CCACs without referral to housing or support programmes, leaving many at risk of homelessness. In several cases, they have also been denied the financial assistance they were entitled to due to funding cuts. At the end of November, the HELIOS programme implemented by IOM to support integration of recognised refugees came to an end. The programme had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/greece.iom.int\/el\/hellenic-integration-support-beneficiaries-international-protection-and-temporary-protection-helios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stopped accepting new enrolments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since the end of August. No information is available for the time being on the launch of its successor, HELIOS+. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/diavgeia.gov.gr\/decision\/view\/%CE%A1%CE%9C%CE%9A%CE%9546%CE%9C%CE%94%CE%A8%CE%9F-8%CE%9B1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">call for proposals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for said programme was only published in early November.<\/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-bfd9643 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bfd9643\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a1288c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a1288c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"ex10\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case study<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a589aa6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a589aa6\" 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;\">Fadwa*, a three-months-pregnant Syrian refugee, was staying at the Leros CCAC with her husband and her minor sister, whose care had been entrusted to her by the Kos prosecutor&#8217;s office. The entire family was informed they had to leave the CCAC within a month of receiving their recognition decision. While returning from the town where he had gone to buy essentials, Fadwa&#8217;s husband was told to leave the centre, despite having submitted a written request to stay until the minor sister\u2019s residence permit was issued. Only after an injunction application to the ECtHR did the authorities permit Fadwa* and her family to remain in the Leros CCAC until residence documents for all members were issued.<\/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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e7a74b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e7a74b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f83ff3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6f83ff3\" 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-73f53fa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"73f53fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\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-46972ca elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46972ca\" 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 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>*Names of persons cited in this publication have been changed to protect safety and privacy.<\/em><\/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-5f0222d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f0222d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e38ec7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e38ec7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349c2d1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"349c2d1\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\">Read also<\/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-a81470f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a81470f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\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-bcef1a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcef1a4\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\">The situation in the CCACs in detail by island:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667500e e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"667500e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e621827 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e621827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/lesvos-2024\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Lesvos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-d0e884a elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d0e884a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/samos-2024\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Samos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-7c8f9c9 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7c8f9c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/kos-2024\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Kos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-deddbce elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"deddbce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/leros-2024\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Leros<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-c5406ec elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c5406ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/chios-2024%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Chios<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e660a6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2e660a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\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-744c553 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"744c553\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\">Available also in greek \/ \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03b8\u03ad\u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac<\/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-9977116 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9977116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/el\/prosfygikes-domes-sta-nisia-tou-aigaiou\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">\u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c6\u03c5\u03b3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ad\u03c2 \u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u0391\u03b9\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bf\u03c5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-0ab48c8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0ab48c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\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-85b96d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85b96d2\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our previous publication about the situation in the Aegean islands (2023)<\/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-58277e0 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"58277e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/ccac-aegean-islands-greece\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Aegean islands 2023<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46fc9cd 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