❖ Access to travel documents: In 2024, the Unit in charge of processing applications for renewal of travel documents remained understaffed, and the procedure took up to 6 months. Moreover, the Council of State ruled that the possibility to deny a travel document to an individual BIP for ‘compelling reasons of national security or public order’ was too vague without further specification of this legal concept, thus making the decision at hand of non-issuance based on this ground unlawful. ❖ Housing and basic subsistence: the HELIOS bridge program ended on 30 November 2024. Project services such as integration monitoring, job counselling, integration courses, house search support, and accommodation workshops were discontinued as of 1 September 2024. From 1 September until 30 November 2024, only the provision of rental subsidies continued for beneficiaries who were already receiving rental subsidies. A total of 47,753 BIPs had enrolled into HELIOS since 2019. Of those, 24,509 individuals benefited from the project’s rental subsidies program at some point between 2019 and 2024. Following the termination of the projects, thousands of BIPs faced increased risks of homelessness, in addition to all those not meeting the strict eligibility criteria of the project. There are limited shelter options for homeless people in Greece, and these require an active AMKA (Social Security Number) to undergo the necessary medical screenings. However, since 1 April 2024, recognised refugees must be employed for their AMKA to be activated. ❖ Limited access to rights due to issues obtaining a Social Security Number: access to multiple rights is severely hindered by obstacles encountered by BIPs to activate their AMKA (Social Security Number). Indeed, an active AMKA is required to access homeless shelters, receive social welfare benefits, and access healthcare. But, to activate their AMKA, BIPs are required to present: a valid travel document, a valid residence permit, and, from 1 April 2024, proof of employment or self-employment. This automatically excludes all BIPs who are not yet working or cannot work due to their health condition. Temporary protection The information given hereafter constitute a short summary of the 2024 Report on Temporary Protection. For further information, see Annex on Temporary Protection. ❖ Key temporary protection statistics: As was the case in 2022 and 2023, official data on beneficiaries of temporary protection continued to be very limited in 2024. From the start of the implementation of the TPD in February 2022 until December 2024, a total of 33,035 applications for temporary protection were pre-registered by the Asylum Service (22,863 of which were received in 2022 alone). EUAA deployed personnel carried out 2,011 TPD registrations in Greece in 2024. Temporary protection procedure: ❖ Vulnerability identification: With the exception of checks, at the stage of registration, of indicators of trafficking in human beings, there was still no specific procedure introduced for the identification of vulnerable applicants or beneficiaries. In what concerns unaccompanied minors, the General Secretariat of Vulnerable Persons and Institutional Protection, along with the Public Prosecutor, are informed in detail and immediately after registration of separated, and in very rare cases, unaccompanied children, from Ukraine. Content of temporary protection ❖ Rights attached: Persons benefit from specific family reunification rules foreseen for temporary protection, freedom of movement, access to the labour market and to education and vocational training, social welfare, healthcare although not to the level of Greek nationals or other legally residing third country nationals. Βeneficiaries of temporary protection can also apply, through an 25