33 police don’t talk to me. I once asked them outside contact information from other individuals in the container why I was here, and they didn’t even detention. As Yaseen explained, “I didn’t request answer me, so I didn’t even try to ask for a lawyer.” any legal services from the authorities, but the Similarly, other guy got the number of your organization, and police participants’ continued requests for to dismiss information that’s how I’ve gotten in contact with you.” regarding legal services and/or information Due regarding the length of their detention and the participants reported great difficulty in status of their asylum procedure. Specifically, obtaining a lawyer. Haytham shared, “It was not at least two participants reported being easy [to get a lawyer]. There was no lawyer in dismissed by the police when asking for detention, and no one to help me. It was good I assistance with a lawyer; two additional found you...It was also hard to contact you individuals reported the police dismissing organisation because I don’t have a phone.” Jamal them when discussing their asylum and or echoed this statement: “It was difficult to get detention case; two additional participants legal assistance. I was contacting lawyers for a reported not asking the police for assistance month.” because of a lack of a common language; and to the aforementioned conditions, the police for assistance because he was B. Limited Access to Lawyers and Legal Aid unaware that he had the right to request a During this reporting period, little changed on lawyer. As Brian experienced, “When I came here Kos regarding the number of lawyers who [to the Kos PRDC], I asked the police for a lawyer. specialize in asylum and refugee law and They told me that they would give me a number, provided free legal aid to clients in detention. but until today they have never given me a Three NGOs — including Equal Rights — number.” Muneer shared, “The only time I asked typically employed a total of five Greek lawyers about a lawyer was the time they told us that they during the reporting period. However, the total would break the cameras on our phone. At that number of lawyers did sometimes fluctuate. one additional participant reported not asking time I asked if we could talk to a lawyer...and they told us there is no lawyer here, but you can talk to other lawyers.” As shared in previous reports, the limited number of lawyers on Kos have been unable to meet the needs of asylum seekers for As such, individuals in the Kos PRDC have a individuals difficult time obtaining legal services, having to considering that the number of asylum seekers rely on their phone to contact lawyers as legal who arrived on Kos dramatically increased in providers have limited access to the Kos PRDC. 2023. As mentioned earlier in the report,the To enter the PRDC and to meet with a client, number of asylum seekers in the CCAC and RIC Equal Rights must have the name and topped 4,000 individuals by 9 December 2023. information of the individual, putting the onus With only five NGO lawyers, this created an on clients to contact the organization. At least impossible ratio of approximately 800 asylum eight participants reported receiving our seekers per lawyer. 58 in detention,58 Detained and Forgotten, supra note 1, at 26; Still Detained and Forgotten, supra note 2, at 32-33. ‘Still detained and forgotten’ – Update on Detention Policies, Practices, and Conditions on Kos 2023/24 especially