decision on admissibility, the ten-day deadline for the submission of the appeal following the notice of an inadmissibility decision is not adequate for asylum applicants, nor for the registry lawyers to be properly prepared for the appeal procedure and prepare an effective representation before the Appeals Authority. 3.5. Suspension of returns for beneficiaries of protection in another Member State According to Dublin III Regulation, a Member State may send a take back request (Articles 18(1b-d) and 20(5)) asking another Member State to take responsibility for an applicant who applied for international protection within the reporting country but had already applied in the first Member State or because the other Member State previously accepted responsibility through a take charge request. Data on outgoing “take back” requests and relevant positive decisions per Member State have not been provided by the MoMA, even though GCR has requested it. Instead, following the latest such request sent by GCR in January 2025, the MoMA replied by referring GCR to the Ministry’s website “and in particular at the link [where] the monthly newsletters are published, alongside relevant annexes, which include summary and detailed statistical data on the work of the First Reception Service, the Asylum Service and the Appeals Authority […]”. Yet a closer look at the public sources referred by the MoMA highlights that the specific data is not available. Regarding the situation of BIPs returned to Greece from other EU Member States, see Content of International Protection – Housing. 4. Border procedure (border and transit zones) 4.1. General (scope, time limits) Indicators: Border Procedure: General 1. Do border authorities receive written instructions on the referral of asylum applicants to the competent authorities? Yes No 2. Where is the border procedure mostly carried out? Air border Land border Sea border 3. Can an application made at the border be examined in substance during a border procedure? Yes No 4. Is there a maximum time limit for a first instance decision laid down in the law? Yes No ❖ If yes, what is the maximum time limit? 28 days 5. Is the asylum applicant considered to have entered the national territory during the border procedure? Yes No There are two different types of border procedures in Greece. The first will be cited here as the “normal border procedure” and the second as the “fast-track border procedure”. In the second case, many of the rights of asylum applicants are severely restricted, as it will be explained in the section on Fast-Track Border Procedure. Article 95 Asylum Code establishes the border procedure, limiting its applicability to admissibility or to the substance of claims processed under an accelerated procedure. 558 In the “normal border procedure”, where applications for international protection are submitted in transit zones of ports or airports, asylum applicants enjoy the same rights and guarantees as those whose applications are lodged in the mainland, 559 but deadlines are shorter. For example, when an appeal is lodged, its examination can be carried out, at the earliest, five days after its submission. 560 558 559 560 Article 95(1) Asylum Code Articles 51, 74, 76, και 80 Asylum Code Article 100 (2) c Asylum Code 121