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
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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.
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