NPM has not established any changes compared with the findings in these detention centres in 2012. On the basis of the inspections the NPM made the following specific recommendations to the Minister of Justice and the Director of CDEP: 1. To undertake actions on the provision of funds for the completion of the repair work, according to the preliminary design, in the detention centre in the city of Rousse, as well as for bedding and CCTV on the floor II. 2. Action to be taken on installing panic buttons in the bedrooms and changing the locks on the doors of bedrooms in the detention centre in the city of Rousse. 3. To take urgent measures to arrange a place for outdoor recreation in custody in the city of Rousse. 4. To take action on increasing the number of the staff of wardens in the detention centre in the city of Rousse. 5. To find effective solutions to solve the problems with the disinfestation in the detention centres throughout the country. To allocate additional funds for pest extermination in the detention centre in the city of Veliko Tarnovo. 6. To take urgent measures to implement the recommendation made in 2012 by the NPM to close the premises for accommodation of detainees in the detention centre in Gabrovo and to be performed the relocation of the Ministry of Justice in another building as provided in the investment programme for the development of detention centres of 2008. 7. To make evaluation in terms of financing needed to complete the repairs in the detention centre at 42 G. M. Dimitrov Boulevard in the city of Sofia. 8. To take measures to regulate the medical care of detainees in the detention centre at G. M. Dimitrov Boulevard in outside hospitals. 9. To assess the possibility of application of Art. 33, para 1 pt. 3 of the Law on Health Insurance to foreigners in the detention facilities who are not entitled to health insurance. 10. The detention centre in the city of Lovech to be relocated as quickly as possible in accordance with the approved strategy and an investment programme. VІ. PROTECTION OF PERSONS SEEKING PROTECTION AND ILLEGAL MIGRANTS In 2014 one of the highlights in the work of the Ombudsman as NPM was again follow-up of the development of refugee and migration processes in the country and the ability of the responsible institutions to cope with the many problems related thereto. In order to clarify the current status of respect for the rights of people seeking or being granted international protection, the NPM made follow-up inspections of all territorial divisions of the State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers (SAR with CM) and the distribution centres - Elhovo (RC - Elhovo) with the General Directorate "Border Police" (GDBP) in the period 16.06.2014 - 27.06.2014. The inspections outlined several areas of concern. 1. Reception and registration of refugees and migrants During the inspections in 2013 the NPM found that the adoption of refugees and migrants is mainly carried out on the territory of the Border Police Directorate - Elhovo (BPD - Elhovo). The majority of foreign nationals were accommodated outside the separated establishments for accommodation of detainees in one large room - a lounge, 27

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