31 the facilities, they are inconsistently provided supplies, Adil shared the impact the lack of with hygiene products, with multiple sanitation has on his mental health: participants sharing that only one bar of soap is provided for detained persons to share amongst themselves. As Naeem explains, “The facilities are not regularly cleaned by anyone but the detainees. Although I try to keep the sanitary facilities clean, there are no hygienic products to clean the facilities except for one bar of soap. There are a lot of insects and not always hot water.” Adil also commented on being provided only one bar of soap, sharing that “We ask for soap all the time to wash our belongings, but they say they are out of soap, so we use one soap bar.” Second, participants also shared that they were not provided with supplies to wash their belongings. For example, Ameen and Haidar shared that they were “very rarely provided half a bottle of laundry soap, meaning we had to clean “I used to take my shirt off and clean the floor with it because we had no other hygiene products provided to us. The situation is really bad. I don’t have the possibility to wash my belongings, so I use my clothes to clean the ground. I only have one short and one pair of boxers with me, so I try to borrow from other people. I left Lebanon to be away from suffering and came to Europe to face more suffering.”74 In addition to a lack of supplies, multiple participants reported they sometimes had no running water or no warm water. Ihsan said, “There is sometimes not enough water to wash. You turn on the shower and there is no water and blocked drainage, so the water stays for a few days and starts to smell.” our clothes with our hands.” Naeem confirmed Lastly, a trend not highlighted in the last the same was true for him, sharing, “There was report but that surfaced in participants’ no possibility to wash my clothes or sheets as no testimonies this year was the inconsistent sanitation products were provided, so I could only amount of people sharing a sanitary facility. clean my clothes with water.” Specifically, while Marwan and Farouq As a result of the lack of cleaning supplies, multiple participants reported insects and bugs in their living space. Ameen and Haidar shared that, “We ask the police to leave some bug spray to clean the insects and bugs, and the bedsheets are rotten and really bad.” Kenan provided further detail regarding the section he was placed in for two months, “The floor was broken, it was in bad condition, the beds were bad, but the most disturbing thing were the bugs and roaches.” As a result of the poor conditions of the sanitary facilities and the lack of cleaning 74 One participant, however, shared that he was provided with cleaning supplies and shampoo, resulting in his sanitary facility being in better conditions. Not only does this demonstrate that hygienic materials are provided on an reported that four people shared their respective facilities, Jalal reported seven people shared one bathroom in his container. Not only is Jalal’s bathroom shared among more people, Jalal also suffers from a lack of privacy, a trend highlighted in the last report.75 He elaborated on how the lack of privacy impacted his mental health: “There is no privacy because the bathroom door is broken, and I’m the youngest person here. I wait until everybody sleeps and then go to the bathroom. I am suffering here. I only survive here; I cannot live here.” inconsistent basis, it also demonstrates that access to cleaning supplies can improve the conditions of the sanitary facilities. 75 Detained and Forgotten, supra note 3, at 51. ‘Still detained and forgotten’ – Update on Detention Policies, Practices, and Conditions on Kos 2022/23