7.2 On the 8th February, the Chairperson, Ms. Mary Anne Agius, attended a meeting of the Parliamentary Social Affairs Committee, chaired by the Hon. Dr Deborah Schembri, regarding Detention 7·3 On the 4th of March the Board held a meeting with the Police Officers and the Ministry Official in charge of Forced Return Operations, and discussed improvements which were needed regarding the organisation of the forced returns. This meeting had been called by the Board and it was attended by the Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr Neville Xuereb and Mr Darren Buhagiar. 7-4 Members of the Board met the members of a delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), during its visit to Malta from 3- 10 September, 2015. 7·5 Board members frequently met the nursing staff at the Detention Centre during visits, and discussed general and specific health matters involving detainees at the Centre. 7.6 On the 16th October the Board invited Dr. Katrine Camilleri, Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), to meet the members. Dr. Camilleri informed Board members of the activities of the JRS, in Malta and across Europe, and described the legal, social and psychiatric assistance which it provided to detained persons. 8. Attendance at meetings 8.1 On the 2nd March Mary Anne Agius attended the Conference in Brussels 'Taking Stock and Moving Forward' to mark the 25th Anniversary of the CPT. 8.2 In April Ms. Susan Sacco Mulvaney attended a meeting in Vienna on 'Strengthening the Follow-up Recommendation in the EU' organised by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Austria. 8.3 On the 7th May Mr Joseph Borg and Mr. Charles Micallef attended an evaluation meeting in Luxembourg on the lessons learnt from the Training organised by ICMPD during the previous for two years. 8-4 On the 12th June the Board of Visitors for Detained Persons held a meeting with the Prison Board to discuss the way forward regarding cooperation in monitoring places of detention. 8.5 On the 18th June, Ms. Mary Anne Agius discussed with SPT representatives the report which had been sent to Malta following the visit in October, 2014. 8.6 On the 25th June the Board met the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and later on sent its comments on the report issued by the UN Group 6

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