Of the total of those registered (65,072), slightly more than 1 in 5 (21.2% or 13,797) were registered as vulnerable. These were mainly single parent families with minor children (3,924), UAM (3,833), and victims of torture (3,115), followed by persons with serious illness (895), pregnant women/women in postpartum (654), persons with disabilities (466), separated minors (347), elderly persons (222), victims of trafficking (171), persons with intellectual and mental disabilities (127), and immediate relatives of shipwrecks (43).915 The majority of those registered were from Syria (21,500) and Afghanistan (15,561), followed by Egypt (5,672), Türkiye (4,092), Iraq (2,509), Eritrea (2,117), Palestine (2,111), Sudan (1,518), Yemen (1,489), Somalia (1,370), amongst several other nationalities. A total of 995 were registered as stateless. 916 A. Access and forms of reception conditions 1. Criteria and restrictions to access reception conditions Indicators: Criteria and Restrictions to Reception Conditions 1. Does the law allow access to material reception conditions for asylum applicants in the following stages of the asylum procedure? ❖ Regular procedure Yes Reduced material conditions No ❖ Dublin procedure Yes Reduced material conditions No ❖ Admissibility procedure Yes Reduced material conditions No ❖ Border procedure Yes Reduced material conditions No ❖ Accelerated procedure Yes Reduced material conditions No ❖ First appeal Yes Reduced material conditions No ❖ Onward appeal Yes Reduced material conditions No ❖ Subsequent application Yes Reduced material conditions No 2. Is there a requirement in the law that only asylum applicants who lack resources are entitled to material reception conditions? Yes No Article 59 (1) Asylum Code provides that the competent authority for the reception of asylum applicants in cooperation with competent government agencies, international organisations and certified social actors shall ensure the provision of material reception conditions. These conditions must ‘secure an adequate standard of living for asylum applicants that ensures their subsistence and protects their physical and mental health, based on the respect of human dignity’. As per the same article, the same standard of living is to be guaranteed for asylum applicants in detention. Special care is to be provided for those with special reception needs.917 Article 44 Asylum Code states that, during the reception and identification procedures, the Director (Διοικητής) and staff of the RIC or CCAC must ensure that third country nationals or stateless persons: a) live in decent living conditions, b) maintain their family unity, c) have access to emergency health care and necessary treatment or psychosocial support, d) receive the appropriate treatment, in case they belong to vulnerable groups, particularly if they are UAM or persons with disabilities, e) are sufficiently informed about their rights and obligations, f) have access to guidance and legal advice and assistance, g) maintain contact with institutions and civil society organisations active in the field of migration and human rights that provide legal or social assistance and h) have the right to communicate with their relatives and loved ones. Asylum applicants are entitled to reception conditions from the time they make an asylum application and throughout the asylum procedure. As regards children, reception conditions apply to minors, unaccompanied or not, and to separated minors, regardless of whether they have made an application for international protection.918 In case of status recognition, reception conditions are terminated (with exceptions) within 30 days of the notification of the positive decision. In the specific case of UAM, this time limit starts counting from the time they reach adulthood. 919 The law also foresees that the provision of all or part of the material reception conditions presupposes that asylum applicants lack employment or that their employment does not provide them with sufficient 915 916 917 918 919 Ibid. Ibid. Article 59(1) Asylum Code. Article 37(1) and 62(3) Asylum Code. Article 109 Asylum Code. 177