Our Findings Mobile Info Team spoke with twelve men who had been detained in Paranesti PRDC, majoritarily Algerian, but including people from Afghanistan, Iran, Morocco, and Tunisia. The age demographic varied between 22-37 years old. The average time that people were held in detention was seven months, but varied between one month and 13 months. Respondents were commonly apprehended in Thessaloniki, or in other cities in Northern Greece such as Kavala. Everyone we spoke to was arrested as a result of expired documentation or a lack of documentation, however, several detainees were arrested despite the fact that they had valid asylum seeker cards - on public order grounds - although respondents did not understand the reasons why. More than 50% of individuals we interviewed had been previously detained in a police station. No minors were reported by respondents who were held in Paranesti PRDC. We spoke to 12 men between the ages of 22-37 years old who were detained in Paranesti at some point since 2020 from the following countries of origin: Afghanistan 2 Tunisia 2 Iran Algeria 1 5 2 Morocco Yes, yes, multiple papers and if you don't sign they will sign themselves. So I didn't know, so I signed 2 papers, 1 I signed and I understood it was about being kept inside and the paper I didn't understand I didn't sign. It wasn't in Arabic, it was all in Greek. Somebody inside, who was Greek, I asked him and he told me it is just about you being kept here, and the other he told me it is because you are a danger to society. No, there was no translator, people from the community were translating. The one speaking Greek or English. Mostly Greek because the officers inside don't speak any English. Ali, Paranesti I spent 25 months in prison just for the papers. Youcef, Paranesti More than 70% of the people we spoke to had tried to apply for asylum, or were still in the asylum procedure. Despite our research showing that translation services were available in Paranesti PRDC, 50% of the people we spoke with did not get access to them, and were forced to go without or to get support with translation from fellow detainees. People were extremely ill-informed with regards to asylum procedure information, the status of their application, or the length of time that they would be held for when in detention. This information was corroborated by other organisations that we spoke to, including UNHCR who reported consistent translation issues and gaps in information provision. Respondents frequently reported that they would be fingerprinted, or forced to sign documents that they could not understand. 90% of the people we interviewed did not have access to legal counselling in the PRDC, leading to significant confusion on the system for appealing asylum decisions, or making subsequent applications. Interview dates or appointments with the asylum unit were described as being arbitrarily distributed, and sometimes detainees were only informed of them on the same day. 32