These consistent and repeated criticisms of the centre expose the appalling conditions of detention in Fylakio PRDC and its inability to fulfil its purpose in respect of fundamental rights. As such, the CPT called on the Greek authorities to close down or completely renovate the centre to ensure that people were no longer held in such a carceral environment, people had access to minimum spaces of 4m squared plus unrestricted access to the outdoors, activities, community rooms, clean beds and ventilation.[107] Our Findings Mobile Info Team spoke to eleven people, including one woman, who had been detained in Fylakio PRDC, and were all between the ages of 20 and 45 years old. In general, our research highlighted that people are detained in Fylakio PRDC for short periods of time, for an average of approximately one month. As the RIC is next door to Fylakio PRDC, and often does not have enough capacity to accommodate the number of people arriving and who require reception and identification procedures, it is clear that the PRDC gets used in support of the RIC, confusing many applicants. As such, five of the people we spoke to were held in Fylakio PRDC for a maximum of a month, before being transferred to Paranesti PRDC for extended periods of time. This system immediately conflates reception conditions and procedures with those of control and detention. Detainees described that they were treated as criminals upon arrival to Greece and that the situation in Fylakio PRDC amplified this. We spoke to 10 men and 1 woman between the ages of 20-45 years old who were detained in Fylakio at some point since 2020 from the following countries of origin: Tunisia Algeria Syria Iran Morocco 1 1 Türkiye 1 1 1 4 1 1 Kurdistan Afghanistan Despite all eleven individuals that we spoke to expressing their will to claim asylum, respondents explained that their requests for legal counselling and proper procedures were ignored. In particular, some detainees felt that the registration and interview processes were rushed, and their questions for appealing left unanswered. A severe lack of information provided to detainees was apparent in all the testimonies; our research highlighted that individuals did not understand what their status was or what their rights were, and received no advice in navigating the asylum system from the authorities. However, six of them had recourse to a private lawyer who was able to explain the procedure to them and clarify their rights. No, they barely spoke to me. I know the asylum procedure and that as a political refugee I have rights, but when I tried to express myself they shouted at me in Greek or ignored me. Ajar, Fylakio 28