Acknowledgements & Methodology The present updated report was written by Maria-Louiza Karagiannopoulou and Alkistis Agrafioti, Aikaterini Drakopoulou, Athanasia Georgiou, Eleni Kagiou, Chara Kallinteri, Chara Katsigianni, Zikos Koletsis, Alexandros Konstantinou, Eleni Koutsouraki, Kleio Nikolopoulou, Spyros-Vlad Oikonomou, Aggeliki Theodoropoulou and Eleni Vryoni, members of the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) Legal Unit. The report was edited by ECRE. This report draws on information provided by the Asylum Service and the Appeals Authority, the Directorate of the Hellenic Police, the General Secretariat for the Reception of Asylum Seekers of the Ministry on Migration and Asylum, the Special Secretariat for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors of the Ministry on Migration and Asylum, , the Administrative Court of Athens, the non-profit civil-law partnership “Refugee Support Aegean” (RSA), national and international jurisprudence, reports by international, European and national human rights bodies and institutions, international and nongovernmental organisations, publicly available data, media information as well as GCR’s observations from practice and information provided by the GCR Legal and Social Unit. GCR would like to particularly thank the abovementioned authorities for the data and clarifications provided on selected issues addressed to them by GCR Legal Unit, for the purposes of the present report. The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 December 2021, unless otherwise stated. The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is coordinated by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). It aims to provide up-to date information on asylum practice in 23 countries. This includes 19 EU Member States (AT, BE, BG, CY, DE, ES, FR, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI) and 4 non-EU countries (Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom) which is accessible to researchers, advocates, legal practitioners and the general public through the dedicated website www.asylumineurope.org. The database also seeks to promote the implementation and transposition of EU asylum legislation reflecting the highest possible standards of protection in line with international refugee and human rights law and based on best practice. This report is part of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), funded by the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM), a collaborative initiative by the Network of European Foundations, and the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of ECRE and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of EPIM or the European Commission. 2