ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 3. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION INCLUDING ASYLUM This Section will also be used to provide information to inform EASO's Annual Report 3.1 Common European Asylum System Please describe any specific measures undertaken to support the further development of the Common European Asylum System, including projects undertaken with other Member States under the ERF. Greece faces the greatest pressure among member states at its external borders, while the country's infrastructure is insufficient with respect to the disproportionately large mixed flows it is called upon to manage. Simultaneously, Greece has serious infrastructure deficiencies in terms of managing refugee flows. In fact the last two years due to a number of ECHR convictions against Greece on issues of asylum seekers treatment, almost all EU countries have suspended the return of asylum seekers under the 'Dublin II' regulation to Greece. These decisions held that Greece did not have a "fair and efficient asylum system". Consequently, asylum claims placed in Greece would be examined with an uncertain amount of delay while the conditions of living and detention of asylum seekers were insufficient. In the ongoing development of the Common European Asylum System Greece in 2012 sought to improve the hosting infrastructure of asylum seekers and the examination system of asylum claims. Especially after the enactment of the law 3907/2011"Establishment of Asylum Service and First Reception Service, Adaptation of Greek legislation to the provisions of Directive 2008/115/EC" on common standards and procedures in Member - States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals "and other provisions" in 2012 Greece proceeded to the staffing of the Asylum Service, which is the first autonomous structure of the country charged with the examination of asylum claims, and broader international protection claims and the staffing of the First Reception Service. In the allocation of European funds to Member States on the basis of the provisional budget of the four Funds of the General Program "Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows" for 2012, Greece received) 3,601,857 euros from the European Refugees Fund (ERF. To harmonize the Greek asylum system to the CEAS the national action plan under the ERF has been implementing various programs regarding the improvement of infrastructure and asylum system supporting institutions. In particular, the actions funded two related programs: A) Improving procedures. the conditions and infrastructure 31 reception and asylum