obliges them not to leave the respective island until the end of the asylum procedure. The geographical limitation is applied en masse and without any prior individual assessment to all new arrivals to the Greek islands, while the regulatory framework that entered into force in January 2020 significantly limited the categories of applicants for whom the restriction can be lifted. A number of relevant decisions and interim measures have been granted by the ECtHR in 2023, including in December, in a case represented by GCR, concerning two Afghan women and their five minor children who, following their arrival had been de facto detained in the Kos CCAC, in completely unsuitable conditions, without access to accommodation and necessary healthcare. v Reception capacity: Following the termination of ESTIA in December 2022, the Greek reception system has become one modelled on camp-based accommodation, yet notwithstanding available data on the capacity of island CCACs, which needs to be checked for its accuracy, the capacity of mainland camps is no longer regularly published and is therefore unknown. As of the end of 2023, a total of 32,900 persons were reported by the MoMA as residing in the Greek reception system, close to half of whom on the islands (15,914) and the rest in the mainland. v Living conditions: As in the previous years, significant concerns have continued being observed and reported with regard to reception conditions in the newly established Closed Control Access Centres (CCACs) on the islands, including on account of their highly securitised nature. Particularly amidst the increased number of arrivals in the latter half of 2023, ongoing challenges with respect to the ability of the island CCACs have been further accentuated, while a number of interim measures granted by the ECtHR in 2023 further helps corroborate the unworkability of a system focused on receiving asylum applicants in remote locations at the borders. Regarding the mainland, a significant gap in available information makes it difficult to assess the full extent of conditions in the camps, and is in itself a gap that needs to be addressed. Yet applicants’ access to their rights (material reception conditions) has continued being hindered, including on account of the isolated nature of the mainland camps. Detention of asylum seekers v Statistics on detention: The total number of third-country nationals detained in Pre-Removal Detention Centres (PRDCs) during 2023 was 19,003, slightly increasing compared to 2022 (18,966). Amongst those detained throughout 2023, 504 were unaccompanied minors. At the end of the year, a total of 2,325 third country nationals remained in administrative detention, including 1,003 asylum seekers. Out of the total number of detainees at the end of 2023, 2,064 were detained in PRDCs and 261 in police stations or other police facilities. Amongst those still detained in PRDCs at the end of 2023, more than one in four (687) had been detained for over 6 months, while in the specific case of asylum seekers, more than one in three (338 out of 1,003) of those still detained in PRDCs at the end of 2023 had remained detained for periods exceeding 6 months. v Detention in case of non-feasible return: During 2023, applicants for international protection as well as rejected asylum seekers continued to remain systematically detained without any proper consideration of the prospect of return to Türkiye, despite returns being suspended since March 2020. In 2023, as in the previous year, a number of Court decisions continued to acknowledge that in the absence of an actual prospect of removal, detention lacks a legal basis. Following dozens of cases of successful litigation, as well as repeated interventions of the Greek Ombudsman during at least the last two years, this practice has been to a certain degree limited in certain parts of the country. However, it remains applicable in detention facilities in Northern Greece, and in particular with respect to persons from Afghanistan, who remain in prolonged administrative detention despite the lack of any prospect of removal. v Detention of applicants who have already asked for asylum though the online platform while at liberty: Applicants who have booked a registration appointment through the Ministry’s platform have, in practice, continued being arrested and detained in view of removal, despite 25