(D) Cash assistance 79% of respondents reported that they experienced non-payment or delays in payment of cash assistance 93% of respondents who were receiving cash assistance and were explicitly asked about this, reported that the amount provided was insufficient to cover their basic needs and living expenses Since July 2021, cash assistance is only available to asylum seekers who can prove their continued residence in a facility under the operation of the MoMA. Cash assistance amounts to €75 per month for single people or €210 for families of four or more as applicants are provided with catered accommodation¹⁵⁵. As evidenced in testimonies, this policy shift has led to people having to rely on state-provided support which nonetheless fails to meet their most basic needs in a dignified manner. Almost all respondents explicitly asked about this (93%) reported that the financial allowance provided was insufficient to meet basic living expenses such as transport to essential services and Non-Food Items (NFIs) which were generally not reliably provided by the camp. Interruptions and delays were also frequently reported, including up to two months in which some respondents did not receive any money at all from the state. One respondent in Serres reported that he had received cash assistance once since arriving in Greece, six months prior to the interview, despite being in the asylum procedure the whole time. Residents in Ritsona and Katsikas camps who were compelled to spend extended periods of time away from camps in order to work reported that they were removed from the camp’s administration system and stopped receiving cash assistance and food on their return. “For the first two months they did not give us any money. My husband was jobless. [...] I went to a garden and I started working and I was trying to buy some food and stuff like that for my kid.” “Sometimes [we received cash assistance]. One month, they gave it to me. For two months, I didn’t receive it. I sent an email but nobody answered me.” 29 year old woman from Afghanistan, Kavala camp 45 year old man from Iraq, Lagkadikia camp 38