governmental organisations, as well as psychologist provided by the SAR. NPM is of the opinion that the problems with the unaccompanied minors or under aged foreigners require first and foremost legislative and then administrative solutions, as the difficulties in this area should be deemed a priority and should be considered jointly with the competent state authorities in order to establish a mechanism, by means of which the problems identified to be resolved, because the unaccompanied minors and under aged foreigners, seeking or granted protection, are amongst the most vulnerable groups; - timely opening of doctor's offices for paediatric care in the accommodation centres or in immediate proximity thereto and formation of paediatric teams which are to serve the children of the individuals seeking protection, regardless of whether they are registered or not. With respect of the provision of medical care the NPM was informed that a number of measures have been taken. The MH, through the RHI, tests all migrants entering the country at its own expense. The set of tests required is coordinated with the national consultants. At a meeting of the Departmental Headquarters of the MH a decision was made for the immunisation of all children up to 15 years of age. MMA participates with a team of 4 doctors in the initial medical examinations of the refugees in Elhovo. In the period 4 September 2013 - 24 October 2013 30 medical teams with specialists from the MMA have been sent to the Accommodation Centre in Elhovo. The language barrier and the difficult communication with the patients seems to be a major problem for the medical specialists. In 2014 the NPM will continue investigating these problems during future inspections in the refugee centres. 2. Illegal migrants protection In 2013 the NPM carried out 4 inspections in the special homes for temporary accommodation of foreigners (SHTAF) in Sofia and in Lyubimets within the Migration Directorate of MI. Three of them were part of the approved annual schedule, and one - in relation to a signal regarding beating of accommodated foreigners by the security staff at the SHTAF - Lyubimets. During the initial inspections (March - August 2013) the NPM found that there have been many cases of individuals, mainly Syrian citizens, seeking protection from the war, who have filed refugee or humanitarian status applications before the State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers, who, due to the delayed registration and processing of the filed applications, remain detained at the SHTAF, together with the illegal migrants. NPM recognises the problems related to the significant workload of the officers, the shortage of sufficient human resources and motivation within the structural units of SAR, as well as the full capacity of the open-type centres, but the NPM believes that the detention of people who have filed applications for protection in closed-type centres is unacceptable. The subsequent inspection showed significant improvement in the coordination between the Migration Directorate and SAR and acceleration of the transfer of the people seeking protection of the open-type centres of SAR. 12

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