50 EU 209 and Greek 210 asylum law dictate that accommodation to applicants throughout states must ensure that women in detention their asylum procedures.”212 In the context of are accommodated separately from men, un- detention, EU asylum law requires that “De- less the men are family members and all par- tained families...be provided with separate ties consent to being housed together. accommodation guaranteeing adequate pri- Application Equal Rights has repeatedly been made aware of mixed-gender accommodation in the quarantine facility on Chios. Abdulwas uncomfortable with the mixed-gender bathrooms in his quarantine on Chios: “there was only one bathroom–men and women both showered in the same place.”. On Chios there was no government-structured gender-separate accommodation. Those quarantined had to independently organize themselves by gender. However, this was not always possible depending on the availability of space. Mixed-gender accommodation can be particu- vacy.”213 Greek asylum law similarly requires that “Families in detention shall be provided with separate accommodation with the consent of all their adult members, under conditions which ensure the protection of private and family life.”214 Application Oftentimes on Chios there is no separate space for families. Interviewees reported that most families were not offered the privacy and dignity of separate accommodation. One interviewee told us that a husband and pregnant wife were housed in a room with him and eight other men while in the Chios quarantine. larly distressing to women, and specifically to Khaled, quarantined on Chios winter 2022, sim- sexual and gender-based violence survivors, of ilarly remembers: which many of Equal Rights’ clients are.211 “We were mainly single men in the quarantine. This is additionally distressing as those quaran- Only one man was there with his daughter who was tined have stated that the police remain outside about 10-12 years old. One man was there with two of the facility and are not inside to monitor pos- boys, one was 17 and the other was around 10-12 sible gender-related misconduct within the fa- years old. The families were mixed with everybody cility. else:” c. Families Legal Framework EU and Greek asylum law require governmental authorities to “take appropriate measures to maintain…family unity when providing Art. 11 (5) Directive 2013/33/EU. Art. 52(4) Law 4939/2022. 211 Interview transcripts available upon request. 212 Art. 12 of Directive 2013/33 / EU; Art. 53 Law 4939/2022. 213 Art. 11 (4) Directive 2013/33/EU. 214 Art. 52(3) Law 4939/2022, Greece. 209 210 ‘Quarantine of Asylum Seeker’ – A legal classification of the quarantine practice on Chios