Translation and Information Further compounding issues of access to legal services, was the distinct lack of translators available to support people and explain the reasons for their arrest and detention. Our research concluded that the majority of people were either forced to go without crucial information, use fellow detainees to support them in translation thus breaking client privacy, or at best, receive translation services over the phone. Regarding applicants for international protection, this specifically violates EU legislation[206] as well as Greek law[207] on conditions for detention which designates that all applicants should be informed immediately in a language they understand, the reasons for detention and procedures laid down in national law.[208] In addition, the RD provides that third country nationals should be systematically provided with information which explains the rules applied in the facility and sets out their rights and obligations.[209] Yet, over 40% of respondents across PRDCs were arrested without knowing the reason for the arrest in a language they understood. Where information or documentation was provided, it was often in Greek. Many respondents specifically noted that their treatment was that of criminals, yet they did not understand what they had done wrong, indicating their confusion at the reasons for their detention. In the judgment M.S.S v Belgium and Greece in 2011, the ECtHR noted “the systematic placement of asylum-seekers in detention without informing them of the reasons for their detention is a widespread practice of the Greek authorities”.[210] In its report in 2020, the CPT specifically recommended that sufficient funding should be made I could not get any response from the lawyer, so I decided to assign a new lawyer and one of the guys inside the prison told me there is someone, a lawyer, that he knew, and he was introduced to me. Then I signed a contract with him which I had to pay 1,800 euro, and after that, after signing that contract, I was supported by the lawyer and finally I was released. Afran, Corinth They never provide a lawyer or somebody who can explain. They push you to pay for a lawyer. Everyone just wants to go outside so they will spend all their money to go out. All the lawyers who come to these places and try to take the case are big scammers and take the money. Some paid 2,000 euros. It's an indescribable place and I don't want to talk about it so much. Unknown, Amygdaleza In the police station they told me they are going to take me to an open camp and when I got to Drama I found out that Drama is a closed camp, is a detention, not an open camp. And when I asked about a lawyer they told me that a lawyer is not going to help me here. Walid, Paranesti [When I asked the police for asylum] there wasn't any interpreter to translate. I can speak a little of Greek. So I explained what I wanted. Ghulam, Corinth I needed to pay a lawyer to get out. So I paid somebody that went with the lawyer to the court and he told the court that when I go out of detention, he will look after me. I gave them the [hosting] address and the lawyer went to court in order to get me out. Sami, Fylakio 53