8.7 On the 23rd October, 2015, the Chairman, Andre Camilleri and the Member and Secretary, Michael Buttigieg, attended a seminar organised by the Malta Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice. The topic of the Seminar was 'Working with Migrants, Asylum Seekers and refugees: A Psychosocial Family Perspective.' The opening presentation was delivered by Minister Carmelo Abela and the main speakers were Professor Renos Papadopoulos and Ms Nina Papadopoulos. 9· Correspondence and Contacts As in previous years, the Board was in contact with representatives of various authorities and non-government organisations on issues concerning individual detained persons or on general issues regarding detention. In January the Board completed a questionnaire for the Association for the Prevention of Torture, regarding the treatment of LGBTI persons in detention in Malta. On the 25th February, the Chairperson held a phone interview with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute regarding Human Rights and Detained Persons. In May the Board submitted a checklist and additional information to the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), regarding the state of detention in Malta. This information was in preparation for the Committee's visit to Malta which took place in September, 2015. 10. Complaints by Detained Persons The Board of Visitors for Detained Persons Regulations provide that detainees shall be asked if they have any complaints to make with regard to their treatment in the detention centre. Any detainee wishing to make a complaint shall be heard in such part of the Centre as the Board may deem fit. Board members met the vast majority of persons being detained at the Safi Centre throughout 2015, whether individually or in groups. The persons being detained were informed of the Board's functions at law, and they were invited to advise Board members of any matter which they considered unacceptable. The majority of complaints made by detained persons concerned the length of their detention, the quality of the food being provided at the Centre and clothing in the colder months. The Board is informed that a public tendering procedure for the selection of a caterer was suspended during the year but, as at the end of December 2015, the Board members had not been informed why the tendering process had been suspended, and whether it would be resumed. 7 ,,