FORGOTTEN Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers Asylum Service recommendations According to the report of UNHCR:48 « An administrative guidance has been issued by the Asylum Service, according to which asylum-seekers should be released immediately following their asylum interviews determination if their claims are considered well-founded».49 Furthermore, «the Asylum Service does not recommend the detention of asylum-seekers “for the verification of the applicant’s identity or origin” if they present the required documentation as per administrative guidance, or have passed through first reception procedures (see previous section of this paper on First Reception)».50 Finally, «According to administrative guidance, the Asylum Service does not endorse the detention of asylum-seekers from Syria, Somalia, and Eritrea, as well as of Palestinians who present a travel document or identity card».51 The Iraqi nationals are now also included to the aforementioned category. Moreover, the statistics of the Asylum Service, provided to us upon request, have shown that the following recommendations were issued in 2015: 1391 recommendations for continuation of the detention, 629 recommendations for lifting detention and 181 withdrawals of the recommendation for detention. 48 UNHCR, Greece as a country of asylum, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR observations on the current asylum system in Greece, December 2014, available at: http:// www.refworld.org/docid/54cb3af34.html 49 Ibid, page 30. 50 Ibid, reference 125. 51 Ibid, reference 126. 79