Identification Service (Law 4375/16)8 – is legally responsible for − identifying vulnerable cases (among others, unaccompanied minors, victims of violence, pregnant women and people with disabilities); − providing information and medical screening; − the provision of necessary medical treatment and psycho-social support; and − making referrals to appropriate accommodation and support services, including the Asylum Service and the National Centre for Social Solidarity (EKKA).9 In practice, however, the procedure of identifying vulnerable cases is clearly not working. The whole reception system, which has not worked effectively even before the recent events, has now completely broken down, and currently only individuals with life-threatening health conditions, who are identified and find the support of NGOs or volunteers have access to proper accommodation and further support. Picture 2: Hundreds of vulnerable people, disabled, babies, sick persons, pregnant etc. sleeping side by side in the Gates of Piraeus port. Copyright © Pro Asyl During the visits of RSPA to emergency reception sites in Athens and to an informal camp in Piraeus, we found that even for unaccompanied minors there was no functioning detection system in place in any of the camps visited; a finding backed up by many refugees’ testimonies. Both during their short visits and later through established contacts, RSPA colleagues identified dozens of unaccompanied minors who have never received any information on their rights, nor has anyone asked them if they were in fact older than 18, or if they were unaccompanied. In most of the vulnerable cases documented, the affected individuals reported that they had never been approached by any state-, UNHCR- or NGO employee. Only in a few cases the vulnerable persons themselves approached UNHCR employees, and – in fewer cases still – refugees were approached by representatives of UNHCR or non-governmental                                                                                                                 8 Law 4375/2016 passed on April 1, 2016. Source: http://www.synigoros.gr/resources/docs/n-43752016.pdf (visited May 5) 9 According to the Reception and Identification Service their responsibilities are limited to the operation of the Hot Spots (Samos, Leros, Kos, Lesbos and Chios) and only three of the open emergency reception sites: Diavata, Schisto and Eleonas. Written answer, May 13, 2016.   5