support and basic services.76 In October 2023, the overcrowded mainland accommodation structures revealed persistent failures in Greece’s reception system.77 Overcrowding in containers was also documented by MIT and RLS based on research conducted with camp residents during the first half of 2024 (see Annex 5). 78 For example, a 22-year-old man from Iraq reported overcrowded conditions in his container at Malakasa RIC: “We are eight people in one container. The container has one room and one bathroom. So there are four people sitting in one room there is no privacy”. 79 b) ESTIA 21 programme In the Greek Government's submission dated 8 August 2023, they reported that the ESTIA 21 programme was operational. 80 This is despite the accommodation of asylum seekers ceasing on 31/12/2022 81 with all project partners fulfilling their obligations by that time.82 According to the MoMA, no one was accommodated in ESTIA facilities during 2023, aligning with the expiration of the relevant legal act. 83 In response to a request for information sent by IHR to the MoMA on 18.04.2024, the Officer of the RIS replied: The implementation of the "ESTIA 2021" housing program started on 01.01.2021 and completed on 15.04.2022. The implementation of the "ESTIA 2022" housing program started on 16.04.2022 and completed on 31.12.2022. 84 Thus, the ESTIA programme was concluded in 2022, which stands in direct contradiction with the claims made by the Greek Government to the Committee of Ministers. c) Conditions in the Camps: lack of access to basic services, concerning standard of hygiene ______(1) Samos: Limited access to water, shortage in hygiene items and lack of laundry facilities Minimum standards of hygiene are not met in the CCAC. There is highly limited access to water, a complete lack of laundry services and a shortage of basic hygiene and cleaning items. Since the _________________________________ 76. Refugee Support Aegean. 2024. Refugee camps in mainland Greece. Available at https://rsaegean.org/en/refugee-camps-inmainland-greece/; Refugee Support Aegean and PRO-ASYL. 2023. The state of the Greek asylum system, twelve years since M.S.S. Available at: https://bit.ly/3FOm1MF. See also: Greek Council for Refugees. 2023. ECRE Greece Country Report: Conditions in Reception Facilities. Available at: https://bit.ly/3StZwnQ; GCR. 2023. ECRE Greece Country Report: Types of Accommodation. Available at: https://bit.ly/3MtW4FM; GCR et al. 2022. Do the human right thing: Raising our Voice for Refugee Rights. Available at: https://bit.ly/3Mu5PDP; Mobile Info Team and Refugee Legal Support. 2024. Voices from the Camps: Living Conditions and Access to Services in Refugee Camps on the Greek Mainland: https://www.mobileinfoteam.org/voices-from-the-camps 77. Ella Dodd and Gemma Bird. 2023. Overcrowded camps at Europe’s borders. Available at: https://bit.ly/4668SJ 78. Mobile Info Team and Refugee Legal Support. 2024. Voices from the Camps: Living Conditions and Access to Services in Refugee Camps on the Greek Mainland: https://www.mobileinfoteam.org/voices-from-the-camps 79. Mobile Info Team. 2023. Protection Unavailable: Dysfunctional Practices and Restrictions on the Right to Asylum. Available at: https://www.mobileinfoteam.org/ric. 80. Council of Europe. 2023. DH-DD(2023)1003. Para 5. Available at: https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx ?ObjectId=0900001680ac56c3. 81. Joint Ministerial Decision (Gov Gazette B 2731/02.06.2022). Δράση «ESTIA 2022 - Στεγαστικό πρόγραμμα για αιτούντες διεθνή προστασία». Available at: https://www.kodiko.gr/nomologia/download_fek? f=fek/2022/b/fek_b_2731_2022.pdf&t=b523f09afbd9852a652bd9f69acf90cc; Secretary General of Migration Policy. 04.09.2023. Ένταξη της Πράξης «ΕΣΤΙΑ 2022: Στεγαστικό πρόγραμμα για αιτούντες διεθνή προστασία» με Κωδικό ΟΠΣ 6000140 και ένταξη στο Πρόγραμμα «Πρόγραμμα Ελλάδας - Ταμείο Ασύλου, Μετανάστευσης και Ένταξης 2021-2027». Available at: https://tamey.gov.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/6CE953846CE9CCE94CEA8CE9FCE96CE97CE9F.pdf 82.Secretary General of Migration Policy. 21.12.2022. Πρόσκληση με τίτλο «ΕΣΤΙΑ 2022 Στεγαστικό πρόγραμμα για αιτούντες διεθνή προστασία» για την υποβολή προτάσεων στο πρόγραμμα Πρόγραμμα Ελλάδας - Ταμείο Ασύλου, Μετανάστευσης και Ένταξης. Available at: https://tamey.gov.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/65ΙΟ46ΜΔΨΟ69Ξ-ΕΣΤΙΑ.pdf 83..HRMoMA. 2023. Report A July 2023. Available at: https://migration.gov.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Report_A_July2023_International-Protection_Appendix-A_NEW.pdf. 84. Unofficial translation. HRMoMA, email, 14 June 2024. See Annex 4. FOI response regarding ESTIA. 10