17. Drastically improve conditions at the RICs, by primarily expanding mainland accommodation capacity and transferring registered (especially, vulnerable) asylum seekers there. As per their original purpose, island hotspots, as well as the Evros RIC, should function as short-term, transit facilities, for the filtering of newcomers, instead of as quasi-detention/accommodation grounds. 18. Ensure that all newcomers are assessed for potential (medical and/or psychosocial) vulnerabilities as a priority following their arrival, and prior to their asylum interview. 19. Tend to the safety of asylum seekers by ensuring that all RICs and accommodation sites have, as a minimum, gate-supervision throughout all days and hours. 20. Similarly take all necessary steps to minimize the risk of SGBV (e.g. genderbased showers in all RICs, adequate lighting throughout the night), and provide for facilities’ adequate supervision. 200 European Council, EU-Turkey statement, 18 March 2016 [media release], op.cit. ”The right to asylum shall be guaranteed with due respect for the rules of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol of 31 January 1967 relating to the status of refugees and in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community”. See European Union, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 26 October 2012, 2012/C 326/02, <http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3b70.html>, last accessed 4 May 2018. 202 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees’, UNHCR [website], December 2010, <http://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10.pdf>, last accessed 26 March 2018. 201 62