Border RICs Mainland facilities Total 3,810 23 3,833 3,200 724 3,924 2,181 934 3,115 716 179 895 556 98 654 Persons with disabilities 381 85 466 Separated Minors 293 54 347 Elderly persons (>65) 209 13 222 Victims of human trafficking 136 35 171 Persons with intellectual and mental disabilities 103 24 127 Immediate relatives of shipwreck survivors 43 0 43 Total 11,628 2,169 13,797 Unaccompanied minors Single parent families with minor children Victims of Torture Persons with serious illnesses Pregnant women – postpartum women Source: MoMA, Registered Third-country nationals/stateless persons in Regional Units (CCAC / RIC) of Islands and Fylakio of the RIS for the year 2024, and Registered Third-country nationals/stateless persons in Regional Units (RIC / MURCT) in Mainland of the RIS for the year 2024, both available at: https://migration.gov.gr/statistika/. In what concerns children in particular: ❖ the number of registered children in 2024 amounted to 18,634, thus 25% in a total of 73,687 registered asylum applications (January - December 2024).664 ❖ the number of registered unaccompanied children in 2024 (January- December 2024) amounted to a total number of 3,851 (3,812 first-time applicants and 39 subsequent applications), roughly 5.2 % of the total 73,687 applications.665 ❖ the number of 1st and 2nd instance decisions granting refugee status and subsidiary protection to children amounted to a total of 11.561 (11.473 decisions granting refugee status & 88 decisions granting subsidiary protection), thus 29% in a total of 40.237 positive asylum decisions issued from 1 January-31 December 2024.666 ❖ the number of 1s instance decisions granting refugee status and subsidiary protection to UAMs amounted to a total of 1,025 (1.001 decisions granting refugee status & 24 decisions granting subsidiary protection), of which 812 decisions regarded male UAMs and 213 regarded female UAMs.667 1.1. Screening of vulnerability 1.1.1. Vulnerability identification in the border regions According to the law, the identification of vulnerability of individuals arriving at the border regions shall be carried out either by the RIS before the registration of the asylum application or during the asylum procedure.668 664 665 666 667 668 MoMA Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2024 - International Protection, 7. Also Appendix A Table 7e, both available at: https://migration.gov.gr/en/statistika/. ibid p 7 and Appendix A Table 7f. Ibid p 13 and Appendix A Table 11d. Ibid p 14 and Appendix A Table 11e & 11f. Articles 41 & 80(3) of the Asylum Code for vulnerability identification by RIS and Articles 62(5), 72(1, 3), 77(3) and 80(3) for vulnerability identification in the asylum procedure. 133