Case study: On 5 September 2014, border guard officials at Lviv airport denied entry into Ukraine to the citizen of Turkey M. The decision was based on the record in the database of the State Border Guard Service on prohibition of entry for this persons is sued by the regional department of the State Migration Service of Ukraine. To prove legal grounds of his actions, Turkish citizen M. provided copies of decisions of the district administrative court that postponed and revoked the above SMS decisions. However, the competent border guard official did not consider these court decisions though they are binding in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation and serve as confirmation of the legal right of M. to enter Ukraine. Consequently, the right to freedom of movement of this person, in particular, to enter Ukraine, was violated. As a rule, when denied entry, foreigners are deprived of access to legal consultation or support from organizations or experts authorized to provide legal aid in these cases. Passport control areas have no visual contact information on these issues. Officials of border control units do not provide such information to foreigners. Consequently, foreign citizens who were denied entry into Ukraine currently have no access to legal aid during their stay at the transit (service) areas of international airports in Ukraine. Implementation of the Commissioner’s recommendations provided in 2014. According to the Administration of the State Border Guard Service, during 2014:  suggestions of the Commissioner taken into consideration in the draft of the new Instruction on the custody of persons detained at the bodies (units) of state border control;  Information on the right to immediately inform the next of kin on apprehension, grounds thereof and one’s whereabouts was included into the written form of clarification of the rights and duties of the detained persons along with information on the right to contact the center for free secondary legal aid;  Rooms for placement of detained persons at Zhulyany unit and Lviv airport were equipped with desks and chairs;  Issues on prevention of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment of detained persons were included into the personnel training programs for 2015. 4.4. Results of monitoring of institutions of the State Migration Service Overview of detention places of the State Migration Service 145

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