RSA and PRO ASYL report on the situation in the Closed Controlled Facilities on the five islands of the Eastern Aegean. It is based on fieldwork between 15 February and 31 March 2023, in Lesvos and Kos and on telephone interviews. The data reported were collected from RSA’s cases, its experience and communications with other organisations in the field, testimonies from asylum seekers staying in the shelters, shelter workers, volunteers and solidarity workers living on the islands, as well as official communications with the relevant authorities and UNHCR.