administrative decisions, EASO too is not authorized to make determinations on asylum requests. Like Frontex, EASO does not have a specific mandate to intervene directly on detention conditions.38 Refugee status determination procedures and detention responsibilities remain the responsibility of EU member states. Because this report deals with the period of the RABIT deployment prior to the establishment of the EASO presence in Greece, it remains to be seen how the encouraging step of the EASO deployment will influence reform of Greece’s dysfunctional asylum system and whether its presence will have a salutary influence on improving conditions of detention even if this is not specifically within EASO’s mandate. Release, Memo/11/214, April 1, 2011, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/214 (accessed April 4, 2011). 38 Regulation (EU) No 439/2010, May 19, 2010, http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:132:0011:0028:EN:PDF (accessed April 4, 2011). THE EU’S DIRTY HANDS 18