FORGOTTEN Administratively detained irregular migrants and asylum seekers ii. DETAILED PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS a. Lack of first reception procedures i. Legal Framework At the beginning of 2011, Law 3907 established the operation of the First Reception Service. According to Article 7 of that Law all third-country nationals who are arrested while entering the country without legal formalities shall be subjected to First Reception Procedures. First Reception procedures for third-country nationals shall include: (a) verification of their identity and nationality (b) registration (c) medical examination, and any necessary medical care and psycho-social support, (d ) information about rights and obligations, in particular about the conditions under which one can be placed under international protection and (e) identifying those who belong to vulnerable groups, so that the relevant procedures are followed. Further, Article 11 par.1 of the same law provides for the screening and referral of applicants for international protection to the competent Regional Asylum Office. If an application and the appeal thereof are rejected while a third-country national remains in the First Reception Center or Unit, s/he shall be referred to the authority competent for including him/her under deportation, return or readmission procedures. According to art. 11 par. 2, the Head of the Center or Unit, upon recommendation of the Head of the medical screening and psychosocial support cell, refers persons belonging to vulnerable groups to the competent body of social support or protection” while at paragraph 3 “the remaining third country nationals are referred to the authority which is competent to decide, under the applicable provisions of the legislation, whether to place them in the deportation, return or readmission procedures. In compliance with law 4375, published on the 2/4/2016, the Reception and Identification Service has been established in order to effectively conduct the reception and identification procedures of third country nationals or stateless persons who enter the country without the legal formalities24. 24 Law 4375/2016 article 8 par. 2 39

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