prohibition of exit imposed by the Greek state on residents of the facility, in a case brought forth by GCR. 787 The Closed-Controlled Centres of Leros and Kos became operational in November 2021.788 The relevant facilities in Lesvos and Chios have yet to become operational as of the time of writing of this report. As of 31 December 2022, 4,735 persons remained on the Eastern Aegean islands, of whom 36 were in detention in police cells and the Pre-Removal Detention Centre (PRDC) of Kos, 14 were in detention in the police cells of Rhodes and 2 in Ikaria. The nominal capacity of reception facilities reached 15,790 places, which includes the RIC of Lesbos and Chios, the temporary Mavrovouni camp, the ClosedControlled Centres of Samos, Kos and Leros, the accommodation facility of West Lesbos functioning as a quarantine unit for new arrivals and the accommodation facility of Tilos and other accommodation facilities, including shelters for UAM. 789 More precisely, the figures reported by the National Coordination Centre for Border Control, Immigration and Asylum, under the Ministry of Citizen Protection, were as follows: Accommodation on the Eastern Aegean islands: 31 December 2022 Island Lesvos Chios Samos Leros Kos Others Total RICs & ClosedControlled Centres Nominal Occupancy capacity 8,000 1,709 1,014 374 2,040 1,013 1,780 358 2,356 917 15,190 4,371 MoMA Nominal capacity 40 52 UAM accommodation Occupancy 0 3 Nominal capacity 168 20 20 208 Occupancy 157 11 16 184 Other facilities Nominal capacity 352 352 Occupancy 128 128 Source: National Coordination Centre for Border Control, Immigration and Asylum, Situational Picture in the Eastern Aegean 31.12.2022, 1 January 2023, available in Greek at: https://bit.ly/3V3rTIw and https://bit.ly/3OFlP83. 2. Conditions in reception facilities Indicators: Conditions in Reception Facilities 1. Are there instances of asylum seekers not having access to reception accommodation because of a shortage of places? Yes No 2. What is the average length of stay of asylum seekers in the reception centres? 3. Are unaccompanied children ever accommodated with adults in practice? Varies Yes No Article 59(1) of the Asylum Code provides that material reception conditions must provide asylum seekers with an adequate standard of living that guarantees their subsistence and protects their physical and mental health, based on respect for human dignity. However, no mechanism for the monitoring and oversight of the level of the reception conditions, including the possibility to lodge a complaint regarding conditions in reception facilities, has been established, contrary to the obligations under Article 28 of the recast Reception Conditions Directive. Thus, no designated body is in place to oversee reception conditions, and no possibility to lodge a complaint against conditions in reception facilities exists in Greece.790 787 788 789 790 GCR, ‘The Administrative Court of Syros ruled unlawful the measure of prohibiting the exit of an Afghan asylum seeker from the new Closed Controlled Access Facility of Samos (CCF Samos)’, 22 December 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/3qMfOtv. MoMA, ‘New Closed Controlled Center in Leros’ and ‘New Closed-Controlled Cetner in Kos’, 27 November 2021, available in Greek at: https://bit.ly/36APk7w and https://bit.ly/38eyXxN. National Coordination Centre for Border Control, Immigration and Asylum, Situational Picture in the Eastern Aegean 31.12.2022, 1 January 2023, available in Greek at: https://bit.ly/45kpuOq. See for example: FRA, Current migration situation in the EU: Oversight of reception facilities, September 2017, available at: http://bit.ly/2xObtYA, 2. 167