Respondents reported difficulties due to lack of financial support while living undocumented in Greece, including being forced into undertaking informal and exploitative work. One respondent reported that they had to rely on family abroad to support them financially since arriving in Greece due to delays in accessing reception conditions. Two people reported difficulties associated with not being able to work due to their undocumented status, leading to exploitative working condition and homelessness. MIT has previously reported⁶⁹ on the risks undocumented people face in both labour and sexual exploitation. The impact of lack of access to support for undocumented people in Greece has been reported on by multiple CSOs - including their increased exposure to exploitation,⁷⁰ homelessness,⁷¹ and destitution. Notably, even people who have registered applications for international protection do not enjoy unrestricted access to financial support in Greece. In December 2022,⁷² less than a third of the 15,785 asylum seekers reported by the MoMA as residing in Greece’s reception system received cash assistance during that month. This figure amounts to less than one fifth of the total number (22,170) of pending asylum applications reported by the MoMA for both first and second instance.⁷³ Lack of access to healthcare had critical consequences for a number of respondents. Two people reported that they or their child were unable to access medical assistance during their time waiting for their appointment at a RIC. ⁷⁴ Deprivation of access to healthcare for people who have requested an appointment to register their asylum claim at a RIC is unlawful given that Greek law foresees that applicants of international protection and their family members are granted unrestricted access to public hospital and medical care “from the date of manifestation of the will to submit a request for international protection”. ⁷⁵ Lack of access to healthcare has been a persistent issue across Greek camps,⁷⁶ PRDCs,⁷⁷ CCACs⁷⁸ and RICs,⁷⁹ indicating the widespread denial of medical care for a highly vulnerable population. 21% of respondents reported being permitted to stay in mainland camps prior to registering their asylum claim at a RIC, amounting to partial access to material reception conditions. However, persons accommodated in camps did not have access to financial support and in some cases had to wait up to two months to be transferred to a RIC for registration. A group in Ritsona reported staying unregistered in the camp for over four months due to their appointment being postponed following the Pylos shipwreck.⁸⁰ Respondents additionally reported accessing only partial reception conditions following their registration at a RIC. At the time of interview, five respondents were living in precarious housing situations in Athens, four of whom had already been registered at a RIC. Reports of sub-standard conditions within mainland camps and issues relating to the isolation of residents from support and basic services have been widespread.⁸¹ Recent overcrowding⁸² within mainland accommodation structures reported in October 2023 additionally highlights the complete lack of capacity within Greece’s reception system to accommodate new applicants on the mainland. 27