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In other cases, minors should remain separated from adults who are not their
family relatives.
372. The police protocol applied when various vessels are intercepted within few
hours does not contemplate the possibility of prioritising the taking of
information from minors or pregnant women, who have to wait their turn together
with the rest of the members of the vessel.
It is considered that this practice should be amended and priority should be given to
the taking of information from and processing of return proceedings with
pregnant women and minors, regardless of the order of arrival of their vessel.
373. Means should be provided for pregnant women and minors to be able to take a
hot shower and receive adequate food immediately.
374. It is considered a priority for minors and pregnant women, during their stay at
these departments, to be provided with access to take fresh air daily and, if
possible, for them to have access to natural light.
Lighting of a cell in Motril (Granada)
375. It is necessary for all facilities to provide mattresses thicker than those used
customarily at police stations, avoiding, in any case, that the detainees remain on
the floor, in addition to blankets that have not been previously used by another
detainee.
Proper rest of these persons should be procured, taking into account the
precarious physical state in which immigrants admitted to these facilities usually
arrive.
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