A/HRC/45/16/Add.1 applications are registered and examined on time; and that persons are not detained in cases in which there is no reasonable prospect of return; (b) Give full effect to the right to seek asylum by: (i) Ensuring that no foreign citizen in detention who has applied for international protection may be returned until the application has been examined; (ii) In consultation with civil society and other organizations (for example, bar associations), providing legal aid during the first-instance asylum application, as well as interpretation services; (iii) Ensuring that representatives from the Asylum Service visit detention centres to assist those detained on criminal charges who are also applying for asylum; in addition, ensuring that criminal charges do not affect the determination of an asylum claim, consistent with the presumption of innocence; (c) Address, as a matter of urgency, the situation of unaccompanied minors who enter Greece in an irregular manner by: (i) Assigning a professional guardian to every unaccompanied minor, in accordance with Law No. 4554/2018; (ii) Ending the detention of children under the protective custody scheme in police stations or other facilities and ensuring that unaccompanied minors are transitioned to community-based care, foster care, supported independent living, and the gradual reduction of institutional structures; (iii) Until the situation can be completely addressed, continuing to prioritize the placement of unaccompanied minors in emergency accommodation or shelters, which must be regularly visited by the Public Prosecutor; (iv) Uniformly applying the provisions of Law No. 4375/2016 and Joint Ministerial Decision No. 92490/2013 regarding age-assessment procedures, particularly the presumption that a person is a child unless the contrary can be proven; (v) Ceasing all administrative detention of migrants under the age of 18 years; (d) Conduct a thorough assessment of vulnerability prior to the issuance of a detention order during immigration and asylum procedures, prioritizing the hiring of staff to minimize delays after the time of arrival in conducting such assessment; (e) Provide sufficient opportunities to challenge detention and removal decisions, including by expanding access to legal representation during the firstinstance hearing of asylum applications, extending the deadline for appealing firstinstance rejection of asylum applications, and ensuring that all avenues for such challenges suspend the possibility of deportation until a final determination is made; (f) Promptly and fully investigate all allegations of pushbacks, including any acts of violence or ill-treatment that may have occurred during such incidents, and ensure that such practices do not occur in future. 111. The Working Group recommends that the Government take the following measures in relation to the deprivation of liberty in the context of psychosocial disability and social care: (a) Continue to prioritize deinstitutionalization whenever possible, making greater use, in appropriate cases, of community-based care; (b) With regard to the care institution for children and young adults with disabilities in Lechaina, continue with the deinstitutionalization process and provide it with sufficient resources and personnel, in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 19

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