Annual Report 2015 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism
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Identifications in accordance with Organic Laws 1/1992 and 4/2015 on the Protection of Citizen Security, carried out by the CNP in 2015, broken down by autonomous communities/cities and provinces.
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Information regarding complaints about police conduct which may constitute suspected acts of
torture, ill treatment or denial of detainees’ rights by CNP officers and the Civil Guard, compiled
in the computer application specified in the National Plan for Human Rights of the Secretary of State
for Security.
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Complaints of suspected malpractice or the suspected commission of torture, ill treatment or cruel or
inhuman treatment inflicted by officers of the autonomous police on persons deprived of liberty in official facilities during 2015.
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Activity recorded in the Security Support Centre, which reports to the Independent Health Body
of Madrid City Council.
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Attempts to self-harm or deaths of persons deprived of liberty in facilities run by the various police
bodies.
151. Section I.1 reflects the main conclusions of the visits made to short-term deprivation of liberty
facilities in 2015. In addition, Annex II.1 (electronic format) details the conclusions and, where appropriate,
examples of good practice which have been sent to the various administrations, with respect to each one of
the facilities of this type visited this year.
IV.2. Medium-term deprivation of liberty
IV.2.1. Foreign National Detention Centres
152. According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, in 2015 there were a total of 16,851 undocumented
arrivals into Spain via unauthorised border points (arrivals on illegal vessels), which continues to rise with
respect to the figures for 2014 (12,549) and 2013 (3,237).
Table 32
Undocumented arrivals via unauthorised border points in 2015
UNDOCUMENTED ARRIVALS INTO SPAIN
Peninsula
4,248
Ceuta
2,455
Melilla
9,169
Canary islands
955
Balearic islands
24
TOTAL
16,851
Source: Produced in-house from data provided by the DGP (General Headquarters for
Immigration and Border Control)
153. According to the information provided by the Directorate-General of Police, during 2015 the number of
detentions with committal to jail cells involving foreign nationals due to violation of Immigration Law
was 36,327, which continues to fall with respect to previous years: 42.245 in 2014 and 49.406 in 2013.
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