The CGLPL had recommended that people being removed may, at their expense, be entitled
to a baggage allowance of more than 20kg included in their price of transportation. The Minister of
the Interior says that this possibility is already offered to detained migrants or their families,
particularly thanks to the intermediation of the OFII.
4.1.6 Service organisation and staff
The CGLPL's recommendations bore on the level of detail in job descriptions and the training
provision for the benefit of officials assigned to detention centres for illegal immigrants. The
recommended measures have been taken.
4.2
Special recommendations
4.2.1 Le Canet detention centre for illegal immigrants in Marseilles (Bouches-duRhône)
The CGLPL had identified a good practice: the setup of a deportation assistance and support unit had
significantly brought down the number of incidents within the centre. This initiative has been rolled
out within other centres in the South defence and security zone. Its success seems to merit extending
it more widely.
Set up a deportation assistance and support unit in all detention centres for illegal immigrants.
The CGLPL had, furthermore, issued a certain number of recommendations on the
information given to detained migrants (documents and translations), on the compliance of the rules
of procedure with the standard regulations, on the inventory of personal belongings and the
management of asylum applications. According to the information provided by the Minister of the
Interior, these recommendations have been acted upon. The same applies for the recommendation on
periodically inspecting records.
Another set of recommendations concerned the facilities and fixtures in detention centres for
illegal immigrants (individual lamps, fitting out of television rooms, access to washing facilities and
drinking water, organisation of meals, layout of exercise yards). The information provided by the
Minister of the Interior reports that most of these recommendations have been taken on board. Only
the question of the layout of exercise yards seems to have not been acted upon, which deprives
detained migrants of many opportunities for taking exercise.
Regarding healthcare, the CGLPL had recommended systematic screening for tuberculosis
and services by psychiatric teams. Although the first point does not seem to have given rise to a need
expressed by the medical teams, the second, which is still being looked into, is hampered by physical
hurdles that need to be resolved. That said, calming rooms seem to have been adjusted to the stay of a
migrant suffering from mental health problems, in liaison with the medical unit's teams, as requested
by the CGLPL.
In terms of security, the CGLPL had, as it often does, recommended that handcuffs and
restraints be used in proportion to the risks, rather than systematically. The Minister of the Interior
reports that means are in place to "remind that handcuffing is subject to the discretion of the head of
the escort team" and to deliver "training on escort teams". He does not, however, present any
concrete results of these measures in terms of reducing restrictions.
4.2.2 Plaisir detention centre for illegal immigrants (Yvelines)
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