20 THE GREEK OMBUDSMAN informally shows a certain clemency, provides the interested party with an application to appeal the decision and (always according to them) notifies a non-governmental organization to provide support. The process of taking a wrist X-Ray is not utilised, according to the Reception and Identification Centre, even in cases where third-country nationals appeal the ruling determining them adults, and of course there is no notification that such a possibility and/or right exists for the person appealing to request to submit to such a test. The only thing they can do is submit translated and attested documents from their country of origin verifying their identity and age. With such requirements, it is obviously difficult for appeals to be successful. »» It was determined that the Reception and Identification Centre housed minors, deprived of their liberty, for a period of time exceeding 25 days, which is the stipulated maximum time of detention for registration and identification. Irrespective of the problematic nature of the detention itself and, much more, of the extended deprivation of liberty – and particularly of minors – another aspect that is considered problematic is that minors are forced to stay at these centres even after the period covered by the relevant decision of the administrator has expired, until an accommodation centre can be found. »» The administrator’s initiative to supply the unaccompanied minors with personalised “cards”, so they are able to move freely for a pre-defined amount of time in the area described as the Pre-Removal Centre, so that they do not have to remain exclusively inside the Reception and Identification Centre, was identified as good practice. ■