Medium-term deprivation of liberty CARDIJN Association premises in the Tarifa CIE 28.  With regard to the possibility of visits to centres by organisations set up to defend immigrants or persons in need of international protection, methods of facilitating said access had yet to be established in the facilities in Tarifa at the time of the visit, apart from access by the aforementioned CARDIJN Association. NGO access 29. The legal counsel services - provided for in the aforementioned article 15 - need to be extended to the inmates of the Algeciras CIE and its annex in Tarifa, for the purposes of providing them with information about the possibility of requesting international protection and so that they may bring forward their personal cases. This observation has been accepted by the Administration, which is going to form a collaborative agreement with the Cádiz Bar Association. Legal counsel 30.  Psychological and psychiatric care is still not being provided in the CIE visited. The provision of these services is advisable from the NPM’s point of view, given the sensitive circumstances of the people detained in these centres. However, the Administration considers it sufficient that the inmates requiring these services be referred to the psychiatric unit of the relevant medical centre. Psychological and psychiatric care §99 AR 2014 31.  In the Tarifa CIE there is no permanent medical and Holder of a University Diploma in Nursing (Spanish acronym DUE) presence, which would be necessary in order to guarantee the continuous provision of medical and nursing care and to enable initial medical examinations to be carried out as early as possible. The Administration considers the medical appointments themselves to be adequate and that, beyond said appointments, the inmate is transferred to the closest public health centre. Permanent presence of doctor and DUE §101 AR 2014 32.  With regard to the facilities in Tarifa, it was concluded that they should adopt measures which guarantee the inmates’ right to privacy during medical appointments, such as closing the door during the appointment and not having a member of the National Police Force present except in cases where this is duly justified. The DGP has accepted the NPM criteria and has issued guidelines. Right to privacy during consultations §104 AR 2014 47

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