Chios and Kos) are observed in all Medical and Psychosocial divisions of CCACs, fact that has significant impact on the provision of vulnerability assessment/ provision of health services. 298 ‘Ippocrates I’ staff is present in the CCAC only during the weekdays and working hours (from morning until early afternoon) . Security personnel in CCACs: The surplus private security personnel guarding each accommodation and other sections of the CCAC is not assisted by interpreters. The lack of interpretation services leads to the endogenous inability of the CCAS’s residents to communicate their needs; especially considering that the latter cannot access services or exit their containers if they do not carry with them their asylum applicant’s ID cards. In the aftermath of the fires which destroyed the Moria facility on the Greek island of Lesvos, the Task Force was set up within the European Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME). The mission of the Task Force is the coordination of the Union’s work on all strategic, operational, legal and financial issues linked to migration management. The Task Force works in a matrix approach, tapping into established resources in DG HOME’s relevant units (policy, operational, financial) and cooperates closely with all other Commission services and EU agencies involved. Its work covers a wide range of coordination and support activities for Member States both in the Eastern and Southern external borders. The Task Force has a coordinating and supporting function and does not change or replace the prime responsibility of the national authorities in migration management on their territory. 299 However, issues arise as its actual role remains unclear. Moreover, its contribution to the fulfillment of the objectives for which it was created is doubted. 300 2.2.2. Reception and identification procedures in Evros Individuals entering Greece through the Greek-Turkish land border in Evros are not subject to the EUTürkiye statement. Therefore, they are not subjected to the fast-track border procedure and there is no geographical restriction imposed on them while their asylum application remains pending. However, they are subjected to reception and identification procedures at the Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) in Fylakio, Orestiada, which was inaugurated in 2013 and is since operating as a closed facility. People transferred to the RIC in Fylakio are also subjected to a “restriction of freedom of movement” applied as a de facto detention measure, meaning that, according to the Law they remain restricted within the premises of the RIC for a period of 5 days that can be extended for up to an additional 20 days. However, according to GCR observation, in few cases, de facto detention in the RIC exceeded 25 days, mostly due to delays in transfers in second line reception facilities, which have reached their capacity.301 During the reported period, it has been observed that certain arrivals from entry points other than Evros, were channelled to Fylakio RIC, in order to be subjected to reception and identification procedures, as a result of the lack of capacity in the RICs in the mainland (namely in Malakasa and Diavata). New arrivals, including families and minors, once detected and apprehended by the authorities, are first transferred to a border guard police station or the Pre-Removal Detention Centre (PRDC) in Fylakio, where they remain in detention (so called ‘pre-RIC detention’) pending their transfer to the RIC Fylakio. By the end of 2024, the period of pre-RIC detention was limited to a few days as far as GCR is aware. By the end of September 2024, 5,746individuals were registered by the RIS in Evros, out of which 4,331 were men and 1,415 were women.302 According to official statistics, the nominal capacity of the Fylakio RIC is 768 places, out of which 284 places belong to the Pre-removal Detention Center. It shall be noted 298 299 300 301 302 RSA, What is happening today in the refugee structures on the Aegean islands, available at https://tinyurl.com/bdpc6byj, RSA, Refugee facilities on the Aegean islands, Kos, 10 December 2024, available at: https://rsaegean.org/el/kos-2024/, RSA, “Refugee facilities on the Aegean islands”, Leros, 10 December 2024, available at: https://rsaegean.org/el/leros-2024/, RSA, “Refugee facilities on the Aegean islands”, Samos, 10 December 2024, available at: https://rsaegean.org/el/samos-2024/, also based on GCR’s observations from the field. EU Commission, Task Force Migration Management, available at: https://tinyurl.com/4hyxbes9. RSA, What is happening today in the refugee structures on the Aegean islands, available at https://tinyurl.com/bdpc6byj. GCR, Reception of asylum seekers in Greece: the demand for humane conditions remains, 9 November 2023, https://tinyurl.com/5d789w58. Still valid observation in 2024. As per the latest available data (time of writing) published on the MoMA’s website, under Statistics. See also, Reception and Identification Service, 2024, nine months of 2024, registrations of TCNs/stateless persons per location of registration, available in Greek here. 68