ENHANCING THE VOICES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THE EU’S POLICIES ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM Introduction METHODOLOGY AND MAIN DEMOGRAPHICS In preparation for this briefing, a total of 41 interviews, with respondents from 18 different nationalities,3 were conducted between December 2023 and January 2024, with the use of a questionnaire that allowed for some degree of open-ended questions. Interviews were conducted either in-person or remotely, with the support of interpreters. Respondents’ inputs were subsequently categorised and serve as the basis for the briefing’s structure.4 CHART 1 RESPONDENTS' LEGAL STATUS 34 Refugee status holder 1 Refugee family member (equal stay residence permit) 2 1 Asylum applicant Subsidiary protection holder 1 2 Without legal documents Dublin procedure 41 interviews 3 Namely: Eight respondents from Syria; five from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); three (each) from Afghanistan, Iran, Türkiye and Senegal; two (each) from Cameroon, Ethiopia and Iraq; one (each) from Angola, Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Pakistan, the State of Palestine, Somalia and Sudan; and two persons of Kurdish origin from Iraq and Syria, respectively. 4 A main section of the questionnaire that was not included in the briefing relates to issues regarding access to asylum and conditions of reception in Greece. Reasons for this omission relate primarily to the fact that a significant proportion of respondents (48%) had stayed in Greece for five years or more at the time of the interview. Accordingly, input on these issues would have been of questionable relevance for the present. 7