When you arrive in Greece - Procedures

 

The procedures for the reception and identification of third-country nationals or stateless persons are divided into the following stages:

• Information (with regards to rights and obligations)
• Reception & Identification
• Register (in the database of EL.AS.) and provide medical screening and treatment, including providing immediate care and psychosocial support [Law 4636/2019]
• Referral to international protection procedures
• Further referral and relocation

Overview of Procedures:

1. Arrival at the Reception Center or Mobile Unit after arrest by the Police / Coast Guard

2. Registration and Medical Examination

3. Refer to International Protection Procedure

4. Further referral and relocation

All procedures are performed with the help of a certified interpreter.

 

I. Arrival at the Reception Center or Mobile Unit after arrest by the Police / Coast Guard

A. Briefing

• Third-country nationals or stateless persons are informed by the Information Unit of the Reception and Identification Center or by personnel of the Hellenic Police or the Coast Guard of the Hellenic Coast Guard or the Armed Forces, in a language they understand, of their rights and obligations at the point of reception. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration may also inform them.
• The Medical Examination and Psychosocial Support Unit staffed by EODY personnel conducts the initial / preliminary medical examination and identifies those in need of immediate medical assistance. The system of diagnosis and immediate identification of illness will be used to assess and address the medical needs of the population of undocumented incoming third-country nationals and to identify cases that may require special assistance.

 

B. Reception & Identification

Third-country nationals or stateless persons are subject to the reception and identification procedures, being in a regime of restriction of their freedom within the Center of Reception and Identification, by decision of the Director.

 

II. Registration and Medical Examination

Α. Registration of personal [basic and additional] data in the Information System of EL.AS. (Application FIRST RECEPTION)

Β. Identity and Citizenship verification, biometric data for EURODAC I, II & III and face photo

C. Medical Examination - Medical Examinations (medical record)

D. Care for Vulnerable Groups - Provision of Psychosocial Support

 

III. Referral to International Protection procedures

Individuals who wish to apply for International Protection (Asylum) are referred to the competent Regional Asylum Office.

 

IV. Further referral and relocation

A. Third-country nationals or stateless persons who do not wish to be granted international protection are referred to the competent authorities for return/deportation

B. Transfer of third-country nationals to other Regional Accommodation Units.

 

Vulnerable Groups

Management of Vulnerable Groups

1. Minors (unaccompanied or not)
2. Direct relatives of those killed in shipwrecks (parents and siblings, children and spouses)
3. Disabled
4. Elderly (under contract over 65 years)
5. Women in pregnancy
6. Single parent family with minor members
7. Victims of human trafficking
8. People with serious illnesses
9. People with mental and emotional disability
10. People who have suffered torture, rape or other forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence, as well as victims of genital mutilation.

 

Identification of Vulnerability

• During medical screening, the Unit of Medical Screening and Psychological Support of the Reception Center identifies vulnerable individuals and notifies the Director of the Center in order to ensure these individuals receive care and treatment according to their needs.
• Other actors simply point out or indicate to the YTS Unit that they present "interesting" behavior, which may conceal vulnerability, in order for the KT to examine the case.
• The Unit will examine / evaluate whether these are indeed people belonging to a vulnerable group.
• In cases when there are signs that an individual is vulnerable but he or she does not want to mention his/her vulnerability, the Headquarters are informed.