Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 Closed detention centres for migrants 2 closed detention centres for migrants and 1 remand centre for foreign citizens In 2017, the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture conducted inspection visits to two closed detention centres for migrants: the Closed Detention Centre for Migrants in Krosno Odrzańskie116 and the Closed Detention Centre for Migrants with a Remand Centre in Przemyśl117. The visiting team included external experts in psychology and psychiatry. The representatives of the Mechanism had problems in fulfilling their task as because of the security considerations, they were refused the possibility of conducting interviews with groups of foreigners in their bedrooms. The issue was then a subject of the exchange of written explanations with the Chief Commander of the Border Guard. Success The decision of the Chief Commander of the Border Guard which regulated support provision by psychologists within the structures of the Border Guard has been changed. Border Guard: at a closed centre for migrants, psychological examination is also possible at the request of a foreign citizen, and in the presence of an interpreter 116 KMP.572.1.2017 117 KMP.572.3.2017 68