CAT/OP/ROU/1/Add.1 Para. 110 – The transfer of detainees, in particular of women, children and sick inmates In the case of the transfer of minors and female inmates among the prisons, a special attention is paid to the compliance of separation criteria, taking into account the vulnerability of these categories. Considering the fact that in the case of transfers the numerical preponderance is represented by male adults, the actual transport of minors and female inmates is usually carried out in separation bunks. During prison transit (locations where the inmate transport vehicles are stopping in order to deliver or receive the inmates planned for the respective transport), it is granted the access to toilets, drinking water, eventually medical check etc. separately and with priority over other categories of people. The inmates’ transport vehicles have all the necessary technical equipment so that minors and female inmates are provided with optimal conditions throughout the transport. The transport vehicles are endowed with ventilation, air conditioning, natural light and artificial light, by case. Also, in order to ensure separation and optimal conditions, these categories of persons will be placed separately in the transport vehicles. We also must specify that the sick persons with infectious-contagious diseases are transferred only individually by the ambulances in order to be placed in the hospital prison, complying with the epidemiological criteria and measures. C. Centres for migrants and asylum seekers Regarding the paragraphs no. 111 and 112, we would like to mention that the SPT delegation payed only two visits (and not three as it comes out from the two paragraphs mentioned before) in relation with the foreigners on the Romanian territory: one in Giurgiu center for asylum seekers and one in the Otopeni Detention Centre for Foreigners (two times). Para. 113 - Treatment of migrants The SPT delegation paid two visits to the Otopeni Detention Centre for Foreigners. During the first visit of the delegation, no third country national staying in the center was found locked up in the room. During the second visit, the SPT delegation found that all rooms were open, except one room in which, at his express request, a citizen suffering from psychological problems was accommodated. The daily program is in accordance with the Regulation of the accommodation centers of the foreigners, and during night time (22.30p.m-7.30 am), foreigners are not allowed to leave the rooms, except in the duly justified cases, with the approval of the staff at the center (art. 41 from the Internal Regulation approved by Order of Ministry of Internal Affairs no. 121 of July 30, 2014). All the daily activities are held without the third country national being locked up in their rooms. Para. 115 - Interpretation services It is to be noted that the centers benefit from the services of authorized translators, especially in court proceedings, in case of health checks or interviews related to their legal situation. Using relatives and friends or other migrants during the daylife in the center may be, sometimes a solution used as an exceptional situation when authorized translators are not identify or cannot be used (art. 3 paragraphs 34 from Law no. 122/2006 on asylum in Romania). Para. 117 - Psychological examination According to the Romanian legislation, the migrants have the right to receive psychological assistance. In the case mentioned by the SPT delegation, in paragraph no. 116, the analysis of the evidences in the center revealed that in the reference period, two migrants refused psychological assistance, and they were not registered with disorders that impose psychiatric control or hospitalization in a specialized clinic. Even in case of refusal of psychological assistance, the internal regulation provides measures to be taken for the continuous observation of the person. 40

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