Case study: Abbas* is a refugee from Afghanistan, where he has suffered torture. He arrived in Greece in early December 2023 but his asylum application was registered by CCAC Kos no earlier than mid-January 2024. Abbas was later transferred to CTRC Corinth and remains there at the time of writing. By mid-April 2024, Abbas had not yet received the financial allowance offered to asylum seekers. Upon request submitted through his lawyers, he was informed by the RIS that his request for the allowance was only submitted in mid-February, more than two months from his arrival and one month from the lodging of his claim. Case study: Zabiollah* and Raheel* are a family of refugees from Afghanistan with minor children. They lodged an asylum application at CCAC Lesvos in February 2024 and were transferred to CTRC Thiva the same month. In response to their request for information regarding the receipt of the allowance, at the end of March the CTRC “transmitted the reply of the Housing Programmes and Material Reception Conditions Unit concerning your question relating to Family… Dears, further to your email correspondence we inform you that according to the Unit records the below beneficiaries are eligible for the financial allowance programme as of February. Since they are new registrations, the beneficiaries belong to the population group to whom the allowance will be disbursed under the new system, and we await updates from the implementation partner on the date of payment of February”. The family had not received the financial allowance by early April, by which time they were granted refugee status. Case study: Bashir* and Zahra* are a family of refugees from Afghanistan with minor children. Their asylum claim was dismissed as inadmissible at second instance based on the concept of “safe third country”. Upon their request, however, the Administrative Court of Athens suspended the decision and ordered that reception conditions be reinstated. At the end of February 2024, the family received new International Protection Applicant Cards. By midApril, however, they had not yet received the financial allowance. In response to their request, CTRC Corinth, the camp where they reside, noted that “the beneficiaries in question are eligible for the financial allowance as of February 2024, while payment will be carried out by the programme implementation partner upon further notice of the exact date in April 2024”. In addition, should the asylum process be completed and a decision be taken on the claim, the disbursement of the allowance ceases even where the remaining months of payment have not been covered. Given the aforementioned delays in the grant of the allowance, many people who receive an asylum decision within a short period of time end up completing their asylum procedure without ever receiving an allowance from the RIS to cater for their daily expenses. RSA REPORT │ REFUGEE CAMPS IN MAINLAND GREECE | JUN 2024 10