64 newcomers to declare an address, they do not inform them neither about their right to ask for reception conditions nor for the implications the declaration of an address to the asylum procedure may have. Many asylum seekers declare the address of somebody they know in Athens, but in the end they do not stay in the declared house. The authorities seem to deny writing on the card that somebody is homeless. In some cases the police registered only the address of GCR (»Solomou 25«) or in other cases generally »Omonia – Athens«. Even the applications for housing (according to PD 220/2007) of asylum seekers submitted with the help of a lawyer are not being registered or referred to the competent authorities of the Ministry of Health. Until today no asylum seeker has been provided with reception conditions upon release from Evros detention centers. Once arriving in Athens the asylum seekers do not have unrestricted access to the building of the Aliens Police in Petrou Ralli (General Police Directorate of Attica). Thus, they cannot declare their new residence193 or request for housing (reception conditions).194 Even if they achieve to access the asylum services, the needed confirmation of the existence of their file in Evros is never sent. This results in a vicious circle, where the asylum seekers have to try again and again without any registration of their request. The declaration of wrong addresses and the lack of reception conditions has serious implications to the asylum procedure and can prevent the asylum seekers from receiving notifications of developments on their asylum claims such as the date of their asylum interview, the issuance of an asylum decision or procedural deadlines. The loss of notification of the dates of the first and second interview as well as the loss of the deadline to appeal before the competent authority will stop automatically the asylum procedure and the asylum seeker will face again the danger of deportation. The wrong declaration of an address has also implications for the social rights of the asylum seekers, as they cannot obtain neither tax numbers nor work permits. 9. Asylum and the asylum procedure in detention Furthermore, when they cannot renew their pink cards easily because either they have no access to the Aliens Police in Athens or there is no prompt response from the police directorates in Evros reconfirming the existence of their file, they remain for long periods with expired asylum seeker’s cards. This exposed them to further violations and leaves them with no access to their rights. Irregularities in the renewal procedure can also lead to the loss of deadlines for appeals as the law prescribes. In case that the applicant does not appear to renew the asylum seeker’s card on the following working day after the card’s expiry and the deadline for appeals has elapsed it is assumed that the applicant has implicitly withdrawn or abandoned his/ her application. Many cannot even afford to buy a ticket to travel again to Orestiada to their first asylum interview. There are no provisions for vulnerable cases like asylum seekers with serious health problems who have to travel to Orestiada for the first interview are set. Thus, many vulnerable cases of asylum seekers do not attend the first interview and the authorities stop automatically their asylum procedure and close their files. The asylum seekers cannot lodge the appeal against the first decision because they have no access to the Aliens Police and/ or the police arbitrarily deny registering the appeal. In most of the cases applications for international protection in Evros are examined with the accelerated procedure, which practically means that they have to appeal against the rejection within 15 days after the day of serving of the decision. The vast majority of asylum seekers in Athens – even if they manage to apply for reception conditions – cannot have access to them due to huge gaps in the infrastructure. Additionally, they don’t receive any daily allowances. They live under deplorably conditions in Athens or in other main residence areas of migrants. Usually the newcomers have to live under rough conditions: homeless, unemployed and without hope. They are exposed to criminality, exploitation and racist attacks. Surviving under these conditions, desperation grows from day to day and the majority of the asylum seekers try to get out of the country. 193 Art 9 PD 114/2010; inform the authorities competent to receive the application of their current place of residence or address and the authorities competent to receive or to examine of any changes there of as soon as possible. They shall also be obliged to accept any notification or service at the most recent place of residence or address, which they have indicated. 194 PD 220/2007