Detention in return & deportation proceedings: 2022 Return Deportation 16977 7081 9361 22 With detention Without detention Source: Ministry of Citizen Protection, Reply to parliamentary question, 13 March 2023 Lack of access to remedies Administrative appeal against deportation or return Greek law foresees an administrative appeal against deportation or return decisions before the Hellenic Police within a tight deadline of five days. Review of return & deportation decisions: 2022 Decisions Appeals Granted appeals 33441 450 12 Source: Ministry of Citizen Protection, Reply to parliamentary question, 13 March 2023 Data on such administrative appeals demonstrate systemic gaps in access to remedies. The past year saw as many as 33,441 deportation or return decisions but no more than 450 administrative appeals. Therefore, only 1.3% of removal decisions in Greece was challenged through an appeal. Useful contrast may be drawn from the asylum procedure, where the rejection of an asylum claim by the Asylum Service involves the issuance of a return or deportation decision.2 In 2022, the Asylum Service took 11,643 in-merit rejections and 8,962 inadmissibility decisions on asylum claims, while 16,830 appeals were lodged against Asylum Service decisions before the Appeals Authority.3 2 3 Article 87(8) Asylum Code. RSA, The Greek asylum procedure in figures in 2022: Analysis of main trends in refugee protection, March 2023, available at: https://bit.ly/3LWW41N. 3 RSA POLICY NOTE │ 2023