Recommendations (A/HRC/10/44/Add.2) Situation during visit in 2008 Information received in the reporting Steps taken in previous years and (See A/HRC/13/39/Add.6; A/HRC/16/52/Add.2A) period country with difficult living conditions, will allow for payment of transport fees to be at risk of developing or experiencing a and from rehabilitation centres. Whereas worsening of a severe disability. some torture survivors have been able to have their transport fees reimbursed by According to the practice of the Ministry, there is a possibility of granting a residence the Danish Regional authorities, those not covered by these rules must instead permit on humanitarian grounds based on seek reimbursement from their local the applicant‘s long stay in Denmark. municipality, who in some instances Section 9 b, subsection 1, of the Danish have not granted reimbursement. This Aliens Act does not allow for granting means that, reportedly, a number of humanitarian residence permits to groups of torture survivors are unable to receive persons, as it is granted on the basis of a treatment. concrete assessment of a case. The Ministry‘s ruling regarding a humanitarian residence permit is final and cannot be appealed. If an asylum seeker receives a final rejection, he/she must leave Denmark immediately, but will be granted adequate time to prepare for departure. In this connection, authorities will show due consideration to a rejected asylum seeker who is suffering from acute illness, is in an advanced stage of pregnancy, or has given birth shortly before the final ruling. If a rejected asylum seeker refuses to leave Denmark voluntarily, it is the responsibility of the police to ensure his/her departure. Non-governmental sources: Denmark has 43 A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 In general asylum seekers are at any time during the asylum procedure offered treatment. Newly arrived asylum seekers are offered an appointment with a Danish Red Cross nurse. Asylum seekers who have been subjected to torture receive consultations with a psychologist or psychiatrist and receive physiotherapy. In some cases the Danish Immigration Service has to approve the treatment.