Annual Report 2015 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism
I.4.2. Asylum and return facilities
124. In 2015 a visit was made to the asylum and return facilities for Terminals 1 and 4 (satellite) of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport. During
the visit, carried out over two phases (April 24th and May 28th), the Ombudsman herself participated together with three experts from the institution.
Previous visits
§73 and ss AR 2010
§245 and ss AR 2013
125. The main objective of this follow-up visit was to inspect the installations and check if the shortcomings detected during previous visits (2010
and 2013) had been rectified.
126. In these facilities, which are managed by the CNP, foreign citizens
are held who have requested asylum at border controls (Terminal 4S) or
who have not been allowed to enter Spain due to not meeting the legally
established requirements. The length of stay in these facilities depends
on the frequency of the flights of those airlines with which they have travelled to Spain and which are responsible for their return (people refused
admittance) or the length of time taken to examine their request (asylum
seekers).
Inspection of the detention room in Terminal 1
86
Refurbishment works
§79 AR 2010
§251 AR 2013
§378, 379 AR 2014
127. There is still no guarantee of access for detained persons to areas
with natural light and ventilation, as had been requested following the
visit carried out in 2013. The necessary works to locate the existing
facilities in T1, both for people who have requested asylum as well
as for those who are going to remain in the T4S facilities for more
than 72 hours while their rejection is resolved, have not been carried
out.
Unpleasant smells in the
bathroom
128. Nor had the necessary measures been taken to deal with the unpleasant smells coming from one of the bathrooms in the T1 detention
facility.
Registering solitary confinement
§254 AR 2013
§381 AR 2014
129. The asylum and return facilities still do not have a record book
for noting incidences of separation or solitary confinement, as had
been suggested following the 2013 visit. This Suggestion has been accepted.
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