Reception conditions The ESTIA housing programme in apartments has been dismantled. Encampment is the only option for asylum seekers. No transportation arrangements are in place to connect remote camps to urban centres. Several camps have no doctor present. Financial allowances are only available for asylum seekers living in camps. Only one out of four people in the asylum process receives the allowance. The first payment of the allowance takes at least forty days from registration. The Greek Dublin Unit rejected all incoming Dublin requests from fellow Member States last year. Rejections are based on a standard reply stating that there is no reception capacity. The Committee should urge Greece to promptly restore alternatives to camp accommodation for vulnerable asylum seekers and to guarantee full availability of health care, transportation and other services in camps, as well as timely granting of financial support to asylum seekers as soon as they enter the asylum process. Detention conditions Hundreds of people continue to be detained in police stations for immigration purposes. The Committee should reiterate the prohibition on use of police stations for immigration detention under Council of Europe standards, and request detailed information from Greece on steps taken to abolish the practice. Critical gaps in services persist in pre-removal detention centres. Not a single doctor is present in Amygdaleza and Corinth, the two largest centres accounting for nearly 1,000 people. Interpretation is not at all available in Tavros, Drama, Xanthi and Fylakio. The Committee should request Greece to report on the measures taken to respond to chronic gaps in health care and interpretation services in its pre-removal detention centres. 4 RSA COMMENTS│ 2023