31. See EU documents Ares(2023)2277767 and Ares(2022)7197303. Obtained through FOI request. 32. See EU documents Ares(2023)2277767 and Ares(2023)3222469. Obtained through FOI request. 33. See intervention by the Greek Ombudsman, 330746/329236/331240/13045, 14-03-2023. 34. See GCR. 2023. Input by civil society organisations to the EUAA Asylum Report 2023. Available at: https://bit.ly/40qyShx and RSA. 2023. Registration of asylum applications in the new mainland RIC in Greece. Available at: https://bit.ly/40p7mkl 35. See ECtHR. 2011. Case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece. Available at: https://bit.ly/3FHUoF0 36. GCR. 2023. 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://bit.ly/46UAxyn 37. The proceedings relate to incorrect transposition of Articles 8, 9 and 11 of Directive 2013/33/EU in Article 40 of Hellenic Republic Law No. 4939/2022. See Efsyn. 2023. Greece apologises for refugee issues (translated from Greek). Available at: https://bit.ly/3ZNZ45v 38. See Article 5 of European Convention on Human Rights. Available at: https://bit.ly/3MtuKYi 39. See I Have Rights. 2023. The EU-Funded Closed Controlled Access Centre – The De Facto Detention of Asylum Seekers on Samos. Available at: https://bit.ly/3QhXTqk 40. See Greek Ombudsman, ‘Επιβολή περιορισμού ελευθερίας στο Κέντρο Υποδοχής και Ταυτοποίησης Μαλακάσας’, 327045/328337/67645, 12 December 2022. 41. See GCR. 2023. Updates from the Field May 2023. Available at: https://bit.ly/47fTI5p 42. This history is particularly significant given the current crisis within Greece’s reception system due to a chronic lack of capacity to accommodate registered asylum seekers. See Ella Dodd and Gemma Bird. 2023. Overcrowded camps at Europe’s borders. Available at: https://bit.ly/46YaB4V 43. See RSA. 2020. New Malakasa: Inhuman subsistence, nine months on. Available at: https://bit.ly/45UkOOo 44. See RSA. 2019. Diavata Camp. Available at: https://bit.ly/3sbJdkV 45. See Annelie Boeren. 2021. Refugees’ experiences in sites of prolonged displacement, liminality, and exception: a case study of the Diavata refugee camp in Northern Greece. Available at: https://bit.ly/3FMJNbQ 46. See Ekathimerini. 2018. Migrants block northern Greek highway in 2nd day of protests. Available at: https://bit.ly/49pN9Pq and Migrants block highway to protest conditions at Diavata camp. Available at: https://bit.ly/3MwvrzY 47. See New York Times. 2019. Rumors of Open Border Prompt Migrant Protests in Greece. Available at: https://bit.ly/49kcESq 48. This infrastructure was added in 2021 by the MoMA as part of similar works in 25 mainland camps. See Solomon. 2021. “We call it ‘modernization’” – reception centers for migrants will be ‘closed’ facilities. Available at: https://bit.ly/49pdjSm 49. See UNHCR. 2023. Inter-Agency Protection Monitoring of Refugees in Greece. Available at: https://bit.ly/40pgPrU 50. See, for instance, MIT. 2022. Control and Containment. Available at: https://bit.ly/3QsuoCi; RSA. 2022. The Greek asylum procedure in figures in 2022. Available at: https://bit.ly/3MuFsxU; GCR. 2023. Country Report: Identification. Available at: https://bit.ly/3SrZ21e 51. See CtHR AP741/2023, AP721/2023, CtHRCAB AP421/2023, AP382/2023, AP379/2023, AP292/2023, AP164/2023, CtHRCOM AP209/2023) and EU documents Ares(2023)2277767 and Ares(2022)7197303, obtained through FOI request. 52. See RSA. 2023. Registration of asylum applications in the new mainland RIC in Greece. Available at: https://bit.ly/40p7mkl 53. See forthcoming working paper Information on the move? An experiment on supporting forcibly displaced people in Greece, UCL and ETH Zürich. 54. As of November 2023, the MoMA continues to publish a broken link to the application form on its website. An error message is displayed when the link is clicked. 55. See MIT et al. 2023. Joint Statement: Shutdown of the Greek Asylum Service database leaves people unable to claim asylum and in limbo. Available at: https://bit.ly/3SsVUlP 56. See Court of Justice of the European Union, C-823/21 Commission v Hungary, 22-06-2023, para. 43; C-72/22 PPU MA, 30-062022, para. 80; C-808/18 Commission v Hungary, 17-12-2020, para. 97; C-36/20 VL v Ministerio Fiscal, 25-06-2020, paras. 93-94. 57. See Council of Europe. 2023. 1475th meeting, 19-21 September 2023 (DH) H46-15 M.S.S. group (Application No. 30696/09) and Rahimi (Application No. 8687/08) v. Greece. Available at: https://bit.ly/49o1KuJ 58. See GCR. 2023. Updates from the Field May 2023. Available at https://bit.ly/47fTI5p 59. See UNHCR. 2020. Space and imagination: rethinking refugees’ digital access. Available at: https://bit.ly/3FU0yle and Equal Legal Aid. 2022. Digitalisation of the Greek Asylum Procedure. Available at: https://bit.ly/3tV7T1g 60. See Equal Legal Aid. 2022. Digitalisation of the Greek Asylum Procedure. Available at: https://bit.ly/3tV7T1g and MIT. 2021. Lives on Hold. Available at: https://bit.ly/3u0WIEt 61. See Report of meeting between DG HOME and Greek Secretary General for Reception, Mr Logothetis, 16th November 2022. Ref. Ares(2023)2277767. Obtained through FOI request. 62. Additionally, there is no screening in the online platform for Dublin cases nor for separated minors that are accompanied by a non-parent relative. See Network for Children’s Rights. 2023. Input by civil society organisations to the EUAA Asylum Report 2023. Available at: https://bit.ly/40mfXEF 63. See MIT. 2022. Statement on New Registration Procedure. Available at: https://bit.ly/3WVXXPA 45

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