8.1 The activity of the first day entitled “The challenge, concerns, and the need for common monitoring standards of South-East Europe mechanisms in the context of migration” was drafted in the form of Workshop in order to enable Mechanisms to discuss in three working groups, respectively on: - The conditions and handling of detainees: o The essential difference between monitoring prisons and detention centers where the immigrants are found; o The importance of developing a comprehensive set of specific detention standards and monitoring strategies; o Legal assistance; o Health services; o People in vulnerable situations or with special needs;  Victims of trafficking;  Children and the elderly; etc. o Material conditions; o Security and Order. - The practice of monitoring repatriation operations: o Monitoring the process of returning migrants by land, sea and air; o Challenges in unified approach in conformity with standards during monitoring. o Best practices in monitoring return operations; - Monitoring Methodology: o Establishment of monitoring benchmarks; At the end of the Workshop, based on the discussions made about the best monitoring practices, it was concluded on a common approach to the main concerns encountered during the work of Mechansims on site, in fulfillment of their mission. 8.2. The second day activity entitled “Towards common standards for monitoring the handling of asylum seekers, refugees and illegal immigrants in South East Europe”, was developed in the form of the Conference, and it was led by the Albanian Ombudsman. Discussions were held on: - Albanian Approach to migration crisis; - Results of Workshop mechanisms on common concerns and unified monitoring standards; - The Guidelines of the Council of Europe on handling migrants and asylum seekers; - The Role of Mechanisms in the crisis of refugees and irregular migrants; - Monitoring of detention sites deprived of liberty, where irregular migrants are held and handled; - Link between irregular migration flows and protection of refugees; - Importance of a cross-dimensional approach to the issue of migration; 97