110. See Documento. 2019. Οινόφυτα: Ένταση και αντιδράσεις από μετανάστες που μεταφέρθηκαν σε κέντρο φιλοξενίας από
ξενοδοχεία της Αθήνας. Available at: https://www.documentonews.gr/article/oinofyta-entash-kai-antidraseis-apo-metanastespoy-metaferthhkan-se-kentro-filoxenias-apo-xenodoxeia-ths-athhnas ; Are You Syrious?. 2018. Oinofyta Camp: The
overwhelming sense of nothingness. Available at: https://bit.ly/3Wp4nrR; City Plaza Squat post in X, available at:
https://x.com/sol2refugees/status/1034149409091715072.
111. See CrimethInc. 2023. Regarding the Eviction of the Self-Organized Refugee Camp in Lavrio, Greece. Available at:
https://bit.ly/4bIsgPr
112. See follow up report of the Greek Ombudsperson. Η Πρόκληση των Μεταναστευτικών Ροών και της Προστασίας των
Προσφύγων - Συνθήκες και Διαδικασίες Υποδοχής. Available at: https://www.synigoros.gr/en/category/default/post/ek8esh-or
113. Statistics in camp profiles are drawn from data provided by the MoMA in response to a parliamentary question and refer
to the situation as of 31st December 2023. See here: https://bit.ly/3y1KEFi
114. Health services here may be hospitals or general public health centres.
115. See Lavelle. 2024. Lost for Words: Lack of interpreters puts asylum seekers’ lives on hold in Greece. Available at:
https://bit.ly/46cwZIi
116. See ekathimerini. 2024. Two men arrested for migrant’s murder in refugee camp. Available at:
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1242250/two-men-arrested-for-migrants-murder-in-refugee-camp/
117. See Facebook post by CSO Lighthouse Relief, available at: https://bit.ly/4fa89Nh
118. See Dearden. 2017. Body of six-year-old refugee found on Spanish beach as children continue to die trying to reach
Europe. Available at: https://bit.ly/3Lr1VL1
119. See The Camp Network Group. 2024. Statement on the lack of transport between Greece’s Ritsona Refugee Camp and the
surrounding cities, leaving the camp’s residents isolated and without access to their human rights or basic necessities. Available
at: https://khoracollective.org/khora-radio-podcasts-english
120. See Το κουτί της Πανδώρας. 2023. Νεκρός πρόσφυγας στην δομή Ριτσώνας. Available at:
https://www.koutipandoras.gr/article/nekros-prosfygas-stin-domi-ritsonas/
121. See the Greek Council for Refugees Country Report on Conditions in reception facilities, available at:
https://asylumineurope.org/reports/country/greece/reception-conditions/housing/conditions-reception-facilities/
122. See Το κουτί της Πανδώρας. 2023. Νεκρός πρόσφυγας στην δομή Ριτσώνας. Available at:
https://www.koutipandoras.gr/article/nekros-prosfygas-stin-domi-ritsonas/
123. As discussed in the UNHCR National Protection Working Group meeting June 2024.
124. See page 27 of the report of the Greek Ombudsperson. 2024. Η Πρόκληση των Μεταναστευτικών Ροών και της
Προστασίας
των
Προσφύγων
Συνθήκες
και
Διαδικασίες
Υποδοχής.
Available
at:
https://www.synigoros.gr/en/category/default/post/ek8esh-or
125. See UNHCR. 2020. Reception Conditions. Available at: https://reporting.unhcr.org/reception-conditions-34; and Are You
Syrious. 2019. AYS SPECIAL — THE CASE OF OINOFYTA: From one hell to another — island to mainland. Available at:
https://bit.ly/3W1GUeW
126. See report of the Greek Ombudsperson. 2024. Η Πρόκληση των Μεταναστευτ��κών Ροών και της Προστασίας των
Προσφύγων - Συνθήκες και Διαδικασίες Υποδοχής. Available at: https://www.synigoros.gr/en/category/default/post/ek8esh-or
127.
See
Facebook
post
from
Metadrasi
available
at:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?
fbid=792859512946094&set=a.461882352710480&_rdc=3&_rdr
128. As discussed in the UNHCR National Protection Working Group meeting June 2024.
129. It is also observed by legal aid actors, that remote asylum interviews are not always conducted in the camp of residence.
For instance, RLS notes that applicants are currently invited to asylum interviews at Malakasa RIC when they may live in another
camp such as Ritsona, and transportation between camps is not provided by the Greek authorities in order to facilitate their
attendance at this necessary appointment.
130.
Standard
1,
p.
14
of
the
EASO
guidance
on
reception
conditions.
Available
at:
https://euaa.europa.eu/publications/guidance-reception-conditions-standards-and-indicators
131. Ibid, Standard 1, Indicator 1.2.(c), p. 14.
132. See report of the Greek Ombudsperson. 2024. Η Πρόκληση των Μεταναστευτικών Ροών και της Προστασίας των
Προσφύγων - Συνθήκες και Διαδικασίες Υποδοχής. Available at: https://www.synigoros.gr/en/category/default/post/ek8esh-or
133. As discussed in the UNHCR National Protection Working Group meeting June 2024. Additional information was provided
on lack of transportation creating occasions for racist behaviour (e.g., in Ritsona, bus drivers have refused to receive refugees in
the bus).
134. See The Camp Network Group. 2024. Statement on the lack of transport between Greece’s Ritsona Refugee Camp and the
surrounding cities, leaving the camp’s residents isolated and without access to their human rights or basic necessities. Available
at: https://khoracollective.org/khora-radio-podcasts-english
135. See report from the Greek Ombudsperson. 2024. Η Πρόκληση των Μεταναστευτικών Ροών και της Προστασίας των
Προσφύγων - Συνθήκες και Διαδικασίες Υποδοχής. Available at: https://www.synigoros.gr/en/category/default/post/ek8esh-or
136. At the time when interviews were conducted, medical services in camps were provided under the PHILOS programme,
however this is currently being phased out and replaced by a new programme, Hippocrates.
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