81 opinion,179 and particularly if he/she is to be removed to a territory where there is a risk that he/she will be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, shall be treated in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Asylum. Any foreigner who has expressed his/her intention to seek asylum shall be registered, and, if needed, searched in an attempt to find his/her identification documents, and shall be issued a document certifying that he/she has expressed an intention to seek asylum. The certificate shall contain his/her photograph and other biometrical data. Any foreigner who has expressed his/her intention to seek asylum shall be referred to an Asylum Centre180, and informed about his/her obligation to report to the authorised officer in the Asylum Centre, i.e. Asylum Office, within 72 hours, or shall be escorted by the police officers to the Centre if the relevant conditions specified in the Law on Asylum are satisfied. The Asylum Centres should be established and organised solely to ensure the efficient implementation of the asylum procedure. There is a need to increase the accommodation capacities in the Asylum Centres to the extent that would allow for the placement of and care for all persons escorted, i.e. referred, to the Asylum Centre in accordance with the Law on Asylum, and the necessary funds for this purpose shall be provided in the budget of the Republic of Serbia. All foreigners referred, i.e. escorted, to the Asylum Centre shall be provided accommodation and support in accordance with the applicable regulations and standards, including specifically adequate accommodation conditions, nutrition, hygiene, communication in a language that they can understand, provision of health care and social support, cultural and religious needs, etc. Foreign minors shall be placed in the Asylum Centre together with the parent, unless the guardianship authority deems that other accommodation would be more suitable for them. The authorised persons in the Asylum Centre shall refrain from the practice of granting leave of absence from the Centre. The Asylum Centres shall refrain from the practice of “keeping” rooms, i.e. beds, for the asylum seekers who have left the Asylum Centre on any grounds. The vacant capacities no longer occupied by their previous users shall be given without any delay to the newly arrived foreigners who have been referred, i.e. escorted, to the Asylum Centre. The Police Directorate within the Ministry of the Interior shall establish the Asylum Office, as an independent unit outside the Border Police Directorate, and ensure an adequate number of authorised officers, implement their comprehensive training, and provide the necessary funding for their operations. The Asylum Office shall ensure that there are authorised asylum officers on duty in all the Asylum Centres on a daily basis. The authorised Asylum Office officer shall register in accordance with the Law on Asylum any foreigner who has expressed his/her intention to seek asylum immediately upon his/her receipt to the Asylum Centre, after which he/she shall issue the foreigner an identity card without any delay, assessing in each particular case the need to restrict the movement of such person.181 The foreigner shall be informed in a language and in a manner that he/she is able to understand about his/her obligation to submit within 15 days from his/her registration an asylum claim to the Asylum Office, i.e. authorised Asylum Office officer on daily duty in the Asylum Centre, who will inform him/her of the consequences of missing the deadlines, explain how the claim is to be submitted, and provide him /her assistance in compiling the claim. 179 Unless there are justified reasons to believe that the foreigner poses a threat to the security of the Republic of Serbia or if he/she has been convicted for a serious crime, and therefore poses a threat to public order. 180 The Centre to which a person who has expressed an intention to seek asylum will be referred shall be determined by the Ministry of the Interior in cooperation with the Commissioner for Refugees and Migrations. 181 By ordering his/her stay in the Asylum Centre under strict police surveillance or by prohibiting him/her to leave the Asylum Centre, specific addresses or a specific area.

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