Annual Report 2014 of the National Preventive Mechanism
Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common criteria and
procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, and
articles 13 and 14 of the Code of Conduct of FRONTEX.
350. Flights organised both by the Spanish authorities, through the Central Unit for
Expulsions and Repatriations (Unidad Central de Expulsiones y Repatriaciones –
UCER), attached to the General Headquarters for Immigration and Borders (Comisaría
General de Extranjería y Fronteras –CGEF), and by the European authorities, through
flights in which Spanish police officers participate and which are operated by the
European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External
Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX).
Supervision by the Ombudsman’s Office of the boarding of the FRONTEX Operation to Pakistan
351. It is necessary for a fit-to-travel medical check-up to be carried out in Foreign
National Repatriation Operations (FRONTEX flights) on all foreign nationals who are
to be expelled and not only on those with a known pathology, to confirm that no
objection exists from a medical point of view for their expulsion. If the foreign nationals,
originate from any CIE or penitentiary centre, the medical examination must be carried
out at the centres of origin. In such cases, the result will have attached a summary of
the clinical record containing, at least, the background history, the diagnosis and the
treatment prescribed, if appropriate. For those originating from places other than those
mentioned above, the medical examination must be carried out by the medical
practitioner accompanying the operation during the flight.
352. The obligation should be established, both in operations organised by Spain and
in those carried out by FRONTEX, that any persons who were included in any failed
proceeding for repatriation be submitted to a medical examination immediately
afterwards, pursuant to paragraph 39 of the 13th General Report of the CPT.
353. The presence of medical personnel on all repatriation flights should be
ensured. In addition, it would be advisable for the medical practitioners to be fluent in
the English language to ensure the medical confidentiality with the repatriates and
coordination with the police escorts of various nationalities.
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