to ensuring minimum living space for every person, statutory regulating the time for stay in open air and meetings with a lawyer outside the preliminary regulated time slots in case of emergencies have been implemented. - A working institute of legal representation of unaccompanied children should be established, specific criteria should be put in place for the officials acting as legal representatives, and additional training must be ensured for these officials. 1. Places for temporary accommodation of foreigners with the Ministry of Interior – Specialised Centre for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners (SCTAF) in the city of Sofia In 2019, the NPM inspected the Specialised Centre for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners (SCTAF) in the city of Sofia. With capacity of 400 persons, 109 persons were accommodated in SCTAF Sofia, mainly foreigners from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria. In pursuance of the recommendations made in 2018, the NPM reports that the administration of the centre has taken a number of actions to repair and renovate the material base (sanitary and sleeping premises). Despite the unoccupied capacity in the center, the NPM found that the private space provided to foreigners was not enough yet, including for families with children. A positive development is the separation of a children’s room and improvements made in the outdoor sports ground for adults. The premises designated for watching TV have been repaired, too. During the interviews held with the accommodated foreigners, they shared a problem regarding the impossibility to use the sanitary units at night. The NPM did not receive any complaints of mistreatment or violence by the staff of the centre. The NPM did not find any improvement in the medical assistance provided to the accommodated foreigners. It is rendered in a medical service with the centre and in the Medical Institute of MoI. The medical service provides initial medical check at reception, primary medical care during the period of stay and a medical check on leaving the centre. Specilaised medical and dental care and medical diagnostic tests of the foreigners are provided in the Medical Institute of MoI. The NPM reports compliance with the recommendation made in 2018 for the medical service staffing. 24-hour medical care for the foreigners is ensured and it is rendered by a doctor, three medical auxiliaries and a nurse. The NPM notes as a major problem of the medical services to the foreigners the language barrier (insufficient number of interpreters), which creates difficulties and weaknesses in establishing the health status of the persons. Unaccompanied children – foreigners: A recurrent recommendation of the NPM contained in all annual reports concerns compliance, pursuant to Article 44(9) of the Foreigners in Bulgaria Act, with the prohibition of forced placement of minors in the Homes for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners with the Migration Directorate. In the course of the inspection of the Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners in Sofia in 2019, the NPM again established cases of children included in the orders imposing coercive administrative measures on adult foreigners under the Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act, where the children did not know the adults nor was there any relationship between them. The NPM saw judicial acts of Sofia Administrative Court 29