reported⁷ burdensome requirements involved in officially registering as a CSO in Greece, in practice very few CSOs are permitted to officially operate inside camps. This reality significantly narrowed our possibilities both for interviewing practitioners with first hand experience working inside the mainland camps, and for recruiting interview participants via other organisations with better access. Rather, most interviewees had established relationships with organisations operating close to camps or had reached out to the Mobile Info Team hotlines. Concerningly, we noted hesitancy and fear from a number of people living in camps regarding speaking out about poor conditions. Some preferred not to be interviewed, citing their concern that this might impact their asylum case (for instance by causing further delays), or their relationship with the camp management. One participant reported feeling persecuted by the camp management due to their contact with support groups in Athens. We heard from staff working for CSOs operating in camps that they took the strategic decision not to engage in public advocacy regarding camp conditions, due to concerns that being publicly critical of the Ministry’s decisions would impact their ability to operate inside camps. In order to respondents’ anonymity, we do not provide the real names of interview participants in this report. Respondents offered different perspectives based on their age, gender, nationality and the stage of the asylum procedure in which they were at the time of interview (see table below). Several interviewees had been in the asylum procedure for years and some were previously living in private accommodation subsidised by the Greek state in cities under the Emergency Support to Integration and Accommodation (ESTIA) programme (see page 14), thus offering insight into the human cost of changes in policy, removing asylum seekers from urban centres and confining them to camps. Stage of asylum procedure of interview participants Recognised refugee 8 Rejected (currently outside asylum procedure)⁸ 1 Registered, waiting for interview 8 Rejected, appealing 3 Waiting for decision 5 Subsequent application 5 10