issue AFM to asylum seekers upon the lodging of their claims. People have to refer to the territorially competent RAO to complete the process. Processing of asylum clams in the RIC Beyond uniform registration, the processing of asylum applications deemed manifestly unfounded or relating to single adults originating from “safe countries of origin” 45 takes place in the RIC of Malakasa and Diavata, according to informal information from the authorities. However, no information is made publicly available on the categories of applications processed during the “restriction of liberty” imposed on applicants within the RIC.46 Due to this, applicants do not receive full and timely information “upon the making of the application… on the procedure followed”, as required by law.47 Moreover, reports indicate that the above procedure entails remote interviews as a rule and that border procedure provisions are – erroneously – applied, due to which the Asylum Service grants a shorter ten-day deadline for appeal against negative decisions.48 Onward transfer to reception facilities After uniform registration has been completed at the RIC of Malakasa, the RIS refers applicants who declare that they need reception conditions to a reception facility,49 since camps are now the only form of accommodation offered by Greece.50 Asylum seekers may placed in any camp on the mainland, regardless of where they resided prior to the reception and identification procedure. For example, after the application was lodged, Raheel* was placed in the Alexandria camp even though she was staying in the RIC of Malakasa until her registration, Naiem* and Nooria* were placed in the Schisto camp where they were residing prior to their registration, Zarifa* was moved to the Thiva camp, Frishta* to the Filippiada camp and Rohullah* to the Koutsochero camp. Shabnam* was placed in the RIC of Malakasa. Conclusions and recommendations Drawing on the above analysis, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) makes the following observations: 1. Greece contravenes international, EU and domestic law by setting constraints on the “making” of asylum applications, i.e. the expression of intention to lodge an asylum claim subject to no “administrative formality”, upon which “applicant for international protection” status is acquired. The request for a registration appointment via the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, the sole and dedicated channel for asylum seekers’ access to the Responsible Registration 45 46 47 48 49 50 JMD 708368/2022, Gov. Gazette Β΄ 6012/25.11.2022. Pursuant to Article 40(c) Asylum Code. Article 74(1) Asylum Code. Articles 95(1) and 97(1)(c) Asylum Code. On the scope of the border procedure, RSA et al., The state of the border procedure on the Greek islands, September 2022, 13-15. Article 43(d) Asylum Code. RSA, ‘On the termination of the ESTIA II housing programme for asylum applicants’, 22 December 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3luaL12. 13 RSA REPORT │ 2023