THE DUBLIN II TRAP TRANSFERS OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO GREECE 17 no money, no job and was homeless, he could not register his asylum claim. As of November 2009, he continued to hold no legal documents. On several occasions while conducting research for this report, Amnesty International delegates observed very long lines of asylum-seekers in front of the Attica Police Headquarters. Concerns about access to the Petrou Ralli building for asylum-seekers have been raised by a number of other organizations, including Human Rights Watch56 and Pro Asyl.57 These problems, including long waiting times and difficulties in gaining access to the Attica Police Headquarters building, are discussed further below.58 They present a significant administrative barrier to accessing the asylum system, and in some cases have posed significant dangers to the physical integrity of asylum-seekers who have to queue for many hours outside Petrou Ralli. In October 2008 a Pakistani asylum-seeker was killed and 15 other people were injured while they were queuing to submit their asylum application at the Police Headquarters in Petrou Ralli. The incidents are reported to have happened during a stampede which followed police attempts to forcibly prevent an outbreak of disorder among a group of approximately 3,000 asylum-seekers who had assembled in front of the building. The Police Headquarters Asylum Department had reportedly been refusing to accept new asylum applications for the previous two months.59 In January 2009 a Bangladeshi asylum-seeker was killed in similar circumstances, when police reportedly used force to control the crowd, after a long line of asylum-seekers had formed at the Police Headquarters. In view of the practical difficulties for all asylum-seekers in lodging applications at the Asylum Department in Athens, Amnesty International is concerned that the new requirement for Dublin returnees to submit – within a short deadline – their asylum applications there may result in significant additional obstacles to their access to the asylum system. In addition, Amnesty International is concerned that some Dublin II returnees may not be allowed to have their asylum application substantively determined. According to UNHCR, if the Dublin II returned asylum-seeker had already applied for asylum in Greece and his application had been rejected and the period to appeal had lapsed during his absence, he or she will be served his deportation order at the airport and he will not have access to the asylum procedure.60 Index: EUR 25/001/2010 Amnesty International March 2010