I went to the police and had few and short questions.… An Iranian interpreter [did] the interview but there was no police officer present. The [Iranian] woman didn’t ask a lot of questions. She asked why I had come, from where I was, and for how long I have been in Greece…. She wrote something but I don’t know what. I think she wrote what she wanted to write. That interview lasted for 10 minutes. She didn’t ask further questions and I answered all the questions she asked.135 Hafez S., 16-year-old boy, said, I was at the big police station. An Iranian woman asked me questions: why I came and what my difficulties were. There was no police officer present, only the Iranian woman was asking me questions. The police was busy taking fingerprints…. In GCR I gave a one-and-a-half hour interview. There were too many people at the police station so they couldn’t do long interviews. They just asked me very simple questions at the police.… I answered all the questions she asked me. The questions were short and I couldn’t fully explain my case.136 Sixteen-year-old Hamed P., who had eventually managed to get access to file his claim by cleaning the street, told us that he was pressured during the interview to say he came for economic reasons. He further said that the police officer in the interview intimidated him. His interview was taken at Petrou Ralli police station in early 2008: The policeman in civilian clothes asked something and the Iranian woman told me I should say I came for a better life. I don’t know whether the police officer said that or not because I didn’t understand him. I told the Iranian woman that I wanted to explain my other problems. At that point the police officer shouted at me and I got scared. I don’t remember what I said after that…. I thought if I said 135 Human Rights Watch interview with Fahim F., age 17, Volos, June 11, 2008. 136 Human Rights Watch interview with Hafez S., age 16, Volos, June 11, 2008. Left to Survive 48