95 are made to stand in queues for up to three hours in the sweltering heat to receive food. Additionally, IHR’s clients report that distribution sometimes ends before everyone receives food. 96 The 2024 CPT Report describes the “totally chaotic and undignified way in which food was distributed at distribution points each day” and highlights that, as a result “some persons in a vulnerable situation, such as single mothers with infants, did not fight to get their daily ration (meaning that they did not receive food)”. 97 ______ (2) Mainland Research by MIT and RLS in 2024 on mainland camp conditions found that most interviewees across nine refugee camps were forced to rely on food provided by camp authorities due to the low level of cash assistance provided by the state. 98 However, there were recurring reports that pre-packaged meals provided to camp residents were lacking in variety, taste and nutritional value. 99 76% of respondents reported strong dissatisfaction with the food.100 Lack of access to food and water for residents who are not entitled to material reception conditions in mainland camps (e.g. due to receiving a rejection on their asylum claim or being deemed inadmissible) is also a major concern. A young woman from Somalia living in Ritsona camp who had received an asylum rejection reported: If [the camp administration] does not give me water, then I just ask other refugees if they can, and share it with them. If not possible, I also drink tap water - even though I’ve been told that it’s dirty. That will cause harm to my health, but I have no other option. 101 e) Conditions in camps: insufficient medical and psychosocial care Access to healthcare and psychosocial support is denied to asylum seekers both on Samos and on the mainland, despite legal obligations under Greek and European Law to provide such services to persons undergoing reception and identification procedures.102 ______(1) Samos Asylum seekers on Samos are often survivors of trauma, placing them at significant risk of retraumatisation and conditions which may exacerbate or deteriorate their mental health as a result of the prison-like conditions and the security infrastructure.103 As presented in BVMN’s Internal Violence Report 2023, 45% of testimonies from people held in the Samos CCAC reported that 104 they were denied health care or received insufficient attention by state medical actors. ________________________________ 95. Just Action. 2024. Instagram post. Available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9PI7JZI5TV/? utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== . 96. Border Violence Monitoring Network. 2024. Illegal Pushbacks and Border Violence Reports: Monthly Report October 2023. P. 11. Available at: https://borderviolence.eu/app/uploads/BVMN-Monthly-Report-October-2023.pdf. 97. Council of Europe. 2024. Report to the Greek Government on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 20 November to 1 December 2023. Para 129. Available at: https://rm.coe.int/1680b0e4e1 98. Mobile Info Team and Refugee Legal Support. 2024. Voices from the Camps: Living Conditions and Access to Services in Refugee Camps on the Greek Mainland: https://www.mobileinfoteam.org/voices-from-the-camps 99. Ibid. 100. Ibid. 101. Ibid. 102. Article 41, Greek Law 4939/2022; Article 19 and Article 21, Reception Conditions Directive 2013/33/EU; Article 24, Asylum Procedures Directive 2013/32/EU. 103. Medecins Sans Frontieres. 2022. Closed centres for refugees on Greek islands exacerbate psychological trauma. Available at: https://www.msf.org/closed-centres-refugees-greek-islands-exacerbate-psychological-trauma. 104. Border Violence Monitoring Network. 2024. Violence Within State Borders: Greece. Available at: https://borderviolence.eu/app/uploads/Violence-Within-State-Borders-Greece-1.pdf. 12