Regardless of how well the juveniles are looked after during their stay
in a CDC, such stays, in every instance, have a very negative impact on
their psychological condition and their normal functioning thereafter.
Legislation and practice should evolve in such a way as to make sure
that all juveniles can stay in local communities during the proceedings
aimed at regulating their migration situation.
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On numerous occasions the Mechanism has emphasized the need to
abandon that practice, particularly in those centres where children are staying.
CPT
Conditions in detention centres for migrants should reflect their
legal status. Given the fact, that migrants placed in the CDC are not
prisoners, all analogies to penitentiary establishments should be
eliminated67.
Access to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology
Despite the fact that foreigners residing in closed centres have access to the
Internet, they cannot make free international calls, using the VoIP technology.
CPT
The Committee would like to encourage Polish authorities to consider allowing residents of the Closed Centre in Lesznowola to use
the VoIP technology free of charge to communicate with the outside
world and offering poor foreigners the possibility to make at least
one free phone call a month68.
CPT report from the visit to Malta in 2008, CPT/Inf (2011) 5, Art.51.
CPT report from the visit to Poland in 2017, CPT/Inf (2018) 39, Art. 54.
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