release], 6 February 2018, <https://www.amnesty.gr/news/press/article/21262/dilosi-gavriil-sakellaridi-meta-tin-episkepsi-se-kataylismoys-sti-hio-kai>, last accessed 28 March 2018. 69 UN High Commissioner for Refugees, ‘Detention Guidelines: Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Alternatives to Detention’, op. cit., p.9, also cites, http://www.unhcr.org/505b10ee9.html p.9, also cites Guzzardi v. Italy, Application no. 7367/76, Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 6 November 1980, p.30. para.93, <http://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,502d42952.html>. Gaps in Reception Up to this point, what has been examined are some of the more blatant, yet systematic, violations of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, in the context of practices that function in parallel to or at the expense of their “reception”. In the following sections, what will be examined is what the situation is for those asylum seekers whom, as per the law, undergo regular reception procedures at the Greek borders (Evros and the five “hotspot islands”). Context of Reception Much in line with the rationale and the overall “spirit” of the “hotspot approach” and the recast European Directive on the Reception of applicants for international protection, Articles 8(2) and 9 of the Greek L. 4375/2016 define the context of the initial reception of third country-nationals and stateless persons arriving –or residing– in the Greek territory without proper documentation.70 Namely, said persons are upon arrival (or apprehension) to be submitted to Reception and Identification procedures, which are in principle to be performed under the responsibility of the RIS and amount to: a) The registration of their personal data and the receiving and registering of fingerprints for those who have reached the age of 14, b) The verification of their identity and nationality, c) Their medical screening and the provision of any necessary care and psycho-social support, d) Informing them about their rights and obligations, in particular the procedure for international protection or the procedure for entering a voluntary return program, e) Attention to those belonging to vulnerable groups, in order to guide them to the appropriate, in each case, procedure and to provide them with specialized care and protection, f) Referring those who wish to submit an application for international protection to start the procedure for such an application, g) Referring those who do not submit an application for international protection or whose application is rejected while they remain in the RIC to the competent authorities for readmission, removal or return procedures. 24