CAT/OP/CYP/1/Add.1  Educational courses: the Police, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture, provides detainees at Menoyia Detention Center with education courses i.e. gymnastics, painting, choir. The main objective of these courses is to provide purposeful activities and cultural development to the detainees. These activities were chosen by the majority of the detainees, after filling a questionnaire prepared by the Police in order to identify their needs.  Funding for Menoyia Detention Center: the Police has obtained funding (173,000 euros) from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund for the Menoyia Detention Center. This amount will be used to further improve the detention conditions at Menoyia Detention Center i.e. painting of the four wings in a friendly colour, installation of computers and outdoor exercise equipment, purchase of other means of entertainment (balls, board games, etc.). It is worth noting that the Police have already proceeded with the purchase of 2 ping pong tables, 2 soccer tables, 16 computers, 33 balls, 29 books, handicraft, personal exercise equipment and table games. At the end of 2017, exercise equipment will also be installed in the outdoor area.  Cooperation with the Cyprus Red Cross: the Cyprus Red Cross in cooperation with the Police implemented a Program, funded by the Norwegian Funds, which provided psychosocial support to the detainees of Menoyia Detention Center and their families.  Outdoor exercise: Detainees can use the outdoor exercise area for 3 hours daily during the winter months and 4 hours daily during the summer months, where they can play basketball, volleyball, football, etc.  Communication: the Police installed internet, in order to enable the detainees to have better contact with the outside world. Additionally, more regular visits are allowed and also the use of mobile phone is allowed 24 hours a day.  Books, games and TV: every wing is equipped with a TV, books and games. 82. Detainees are no longer locked in their cells during sleeping hours. The cells are open at all hours. 83. The Police is in the process of applying for funding for the employment of a social worker and a physical educational trainer. 84. For the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus detention is always a measure of last resort, since priority is given to voluntary return and use other measures as alternatives to detention. Furthermore, we would like to note that undocumented migration is not a criminal offence, however, when an undocumented migrant is detected, in accordance with the current administrative policy, he/she is detained for identification purposes. At first they are held for 24 hours and if it not possible to identify these persons through the available documents, or the assistance of their country’s consuls, then, in some cases, and always on an ad-hoc basis, the authorities might issue orders of detention and expulsion against them. In these cases, the detention period is 6 months according to the national law, with very few exceptions regarding cases of migrants who refuse to cooperate with the authorities and the law provides that they can be detained for a maximum period of 18 months. We would also like to note that detainment is not equivalent to imprisonment, since it is a measure implemented against persons who do not possess the right to stay in Cyprus and are in the process of repatriation. 85. Cyprus always implements the measure of detention as a last resort and in these cases immigrants are held in the detention center of Mennoyia, a center especially designed and built with financial assistance from the EU for migrants who are in the process of repatriation. 86. Each detainee is informed of his/her rights, without delay and in a language which they understand. Moreover a leaflet of their rights and communication rights, according to the Law and Regulations for the Establishment and Regulation of Premises of Irregular Immigrants is handed out to detained persons asking them to sign a statement attesting that they have received a copy of their rights, so as to avoid any discrimination practices. Also 14