Court of Kavala. The application for revocation was rejected as inadmissible by the Court. 927 A petition for violation of EU law on the same issue has been filed by the GCR in December 2022 (CHAP(2022)03534), and is pending before the European Commission.928 Challenges with regards to the availability of interpretation also persisted in 2025, and particularly since early July, when the NGO METAdrasi was once more forced to halt its interpretation services in the camps, due to delays in the payment of more than 2.5 million euros owed to the organisation by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.929 As noted by RSA930, “[t]he absence of interpretation inevitably means a lack of access to necessary services such as health care”. Up to 30 June 2025, a total of 128 interpreters were operating in the camps.931 RSA reported that only 168 interpreters were deployed in RIS camps at the end of 2025, exclusively through emergency provision of staff by the EUAA. 932 As noted by 36 civil society organisations in November 2024:933 “Language barriers due to lack of interpretation can be particularly grave for people with vulnerabilities and urgent or complex medical needs, including those suffering from chronic illnesses or mental health conditions, as well as genderbased violence (GBV) survivors. With limited or non-existent interpreter assistance, vulnerability assessments are not always conducted properly. Beyond being a procedural oversight, lack of interpretation can further be a direct violation of the fundamental right to healthcare, as people are often left unable to communicate their symptoms, receive accurate diagnoses, or understand treatment instructions”. In this context, in December 2024, and in particular for the violation of the rights (access to asylum, to family reunification, to healthcare etc.) of vulnerable persons due to the chronic lack of interpretation, GCR had sent written interventions before the competent authorities, including the Greek Ombudsperson, for more than 60 vulnerable asylum applicants. 2. Forms and levels of material reception conditions Indicators: Forms and Levels of Material Reception Conditions 1. Amount of the monthly financial allowance/vouchers granted to asylum applicants as of 31 December 2025 (in original currency and in €): • Nominal: € 150 (€ 75 if accommodation is catered for) • In practice: € 0 since April 2025 Material reception conditions may be provided in kind and/or in the form of financial aid. 934 With regards to the first, according to Article 60(1) of the Asylum Code, where accommodation is provided in kind, it should take one or a combination of the following forms: (a) Premises used for the purpose of accommodating applicants during the examination of an application for international protection made at the border or in transit zones; 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 An excerpt of the relevant decision (ΔΠρΚαβ ΑΡ516/2023) can be found in GCR, HIAS & RSA, Greek Asylum Case Law Report: Issue 1/2023, 5 July 2023, available (Greek) at: https://tinyurl.com/pejs4m9m, p. 57. For more see GCR, inter alia, “Απόφαση του Διοικητικού Πρωτοδικείου κρίνει παράνομη την επιστροφή και κράτηση προσώπου που έχει αιτηθεί μέσω της online πλατφόρμας του Υπουργείου τον προγραμματισμό της πλήρους καταγραφής του αιτήματος ασύλου”, February 2023, available in Greek at: https://tinyurl.com/722wkst2; “Administrative courts: The detention of asylum seekers pending full registration, to whom the Ministry of Immigration & Asylum does not recognize the status of applicant, is illegal”, available at: https://tinyurl.com/722wkst2; Administrative courts: The detention of asylum seekers pending full registration, to whom the Ministry of Migration & Asylum does not recognize the status of applicant, is illegal, 21 March 2023, available at: https://tinyurl.com/5n7arpsa. METAdrasi, “Provision of interpretation in refugee camps: Termination of the contract and months of delay in payment of the amounts due”, 16 July 2025, available at: https://tinyurl.com/5ycjzm57. RSA, Reception & refugee camps in Greece in the first half of 2025, 11 September 2025, available at: https://tinyurl.com/yp6ar5fu. Ibid. RSA Asylum procedure and reception statistics in Greece in 2025 https://tinyurl.com/392ftj58 Reliefweb, Open Letter: Put an end to the disruption of interpretation services still undermining asylum seekers’ rights in Greece, Open letter signed by 36 NGOs, 1 November 2024, available here. Article 59(1) Asylum Code. 197