2.3.6
On the 3rd October the Chairperson met the secretary of the SPT delegation to
prepare for the SPT visit in October.
2.3.7
On the 151h October the Board met Dr Clifton Grima CEO at Mount Carmel
Hospital to discuss the state of undocumented migrants undergoing mental
health treatment at Mount Carmel
2.3.8 On the 4th December the Chairperson had a meeting with Mr Francois Crepeau,
UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights.
2.3.9
On the 30 December the Chairperson and Mr Charles Micallef met the
Ombudsman to discuss our role in the Forced Return of Migrants.
Attendance at meetings
1.
In May One member attended a Technical workshop organised in Malta by
Adih1s on 'Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seekers in Malta:Age Assessment and
Legal Guardianship Procedures'
2.
During the year, three Board members attended training in Vienna organised by
the International Centre for Migration ~olicy Development. This was a week's
training in connection with Forced Return Monitoring of Detainees. One member
attended these training sessions in November and two other Board members
attended the December sessions.
3. One member attended a workshop on 'Strengthening the effective
implementation and follow-up of recommendations by torture monitoring bodies
in the European Union' which was organised by the The Human Rights
Implementation Centre of the University of Bristol and the Ludwig Boltzmann
Institute of Human Rights. This workshop was held in Bristol at the end of
November.
3· Correspondence and Contacts
3.1 The Board drew the attention of the Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers
(AWAS) whenever, during visits, it came across minors, vuillerable adults, sick
detainees and pregnant women. .
3.2 The Board was also in contact with Mr Mario Friggieri, Commissioner for Refugees
and drew his attention to complaints raised by the immigrants about their status.A few
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