Annual Report 2010 by the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture The facilities for asylum 76. All the facilities in question are located in buildings owned by AENA. The seekers must be separate waiting areas for persons undergoing procedures concerned with legislation on from those for persons undergoing procedures concerned with legislation on foreign nationals foreign nationals are separate from those for persons applying for international protection, though their structure is similar. However, at Malaga airport it was indicated that although two separate facilities existed the better equipped of the two was generally used in both cases, due to the small number of persons handled, to make their stay more comfortable. Although this explanation is understandable, the need to protect the safety and privacy of asylum seekers and of their family members still living in their country of origin makes it unadvisable for them to share accommodation with persons in other administrative circumstances, who may even be of their same nationality. Access to the facilities is 77. Access to the facilities is usually controlled by security guards rather than by usually controlled by CNP officers. There are no custodial officers on duty within the facilities themselves. security guards Some facilities have social workers on staff. The inspection visits conducted reveal that communication between custodial officers and the occupants of the facilities did not pose a problem. At the time of the 78. At the time of the inspection visits the general upkeep and conservation of inspection visits the general the facilities was satisfactory. The layout of the facilities visited usually comprised upkeep and conservation of the facilities was satisfactory a living area furnished with tables and chairs and equipped with a TV set and public telephones. The bedrooms, furnished with several bunk beds, were located off this area. Bedroom doors were usually kept open, though in some cases (the facility in Terminal 1 of Madrid-Barajas airport) access to bedrooms was restricted during the daytime. It was reported that verbal instructions had been given for this practice to be discontinued, but from what was observed during the visit this was insufficient, and instructions need to be given in writing. The facilities are climate controlled, but the air is refreshed mechanically as there are no windows which can be opened. Need to arrange ways 79. The artificial lighting at the facilities is sufficient. However, the lack of any of allowing access to additional source of natural lighting may result in some occupants losing their the open air for at least one hour a day sense of time as jetlag may be compounded by the absence of light as a reference for telling the time. The only facility with an open-air enclosure and children’s play area is that in Terminal 1 of Madrid-Barajas airport. Information received from AENA and the DGPGC indicates that the general layout of the facilities prevents any restructuring of the waiting areas. However, it must be stressed that there is a need to arrange ways of allowing people held at these facilities to spend at least one hour a day in the open air. There is a wide variety 80. There is a wide variety of CCTV surveillance arrangements at these of CCTV surveillance facilities: in Malaga there is no CCTV surveillance at all inside the facilities; in arrangements. Recording 60 Madrid there are CCTV cameras in the living area, in the internal corridors, in THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN