You have the right to request asylum while in detention Every person in detention awaiting removal/deportation has the right to apply for asylum. You don’t need a lawyer to request asylum. While in detention, you should notify the police about your desire to seek asylum (ASILO). The police must register your request and inform the Asylum Service. From the moment you declare your wish to apply for asylum, you are protected from deportation (forceful removal to your country) until you receive the first instance decision on your application. If your asylum application is rejected, you may still have the right to remain in Greece while you appeal this decision. Ask the Asylum Service about this. Asylum procedure in detention After you tell to the Police you wish to apply for asylum, the Asylum Service will register your application and will provide you with a date for your interview. This interview is very important for determining the outcome of your application. During the interview you have to explain, clearly, and in detail, why you were forced to leave your country and why you don’t want to return. If you consider that you are in danger in your country, please explain in detail all the reasons. Your lawyer is allowed to be present during the interview. 1 ASILO During all the stages of the examination of your asylum application, you have the right to ask for an interpreter from the Asylum Service. If you don’t understand the interpreter, you should inform the Asylum Service and can ask for someone you can understand. 2 The asylum procedure is confidential and secret. Whatever is mentioned during the examination of your asylum application, should not, under any circumstances, be communicated to the authorities of your country of origin. 3 If you have in your possession identity documents, medical documents or other type of document, you should submit them to the Asylum Service.