ANNUAL REPORT OF NPM 2019 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Regime and contact with the outside world Article 24, paragraph 1, of the Regulation provides that every detained foreigner detained in the Centre shall have the right to walk at least (2) hours a day in the outdoor environments of the Centre. For health purposes, the Head of the Centre may extend the time of airing. The CPT, in the standards on detention of foreigners for immigration purposes determined in March of 2017, emphasises the importance of a regime that contains as much activities as possible. According to the CPT, the longer the period of detention, the more activities provided to them should be developed. The DCF now has a sports field equipped with accompanying elements where foreigners can play football and basketball, which was also a recommendation of the NPM. According to the CPT standards, 84 detained foreigners should have every opportunity to be in genuine contact with the outside world (including the possibility of making phone calls and receiving visits) and their freedom of movement within the detention centre must be limited as little as possible. According to Article 25 of the regulation, a detained foreigner has the right to maintain correspondence, receive packages and other items. Also, detained foreigners are allowed to receive visits. The regulation defines that a foreigner has the right to make phone calls as needed for up to 5 minutes, from 09:00 to 16:00h every working day. According to the Regulation, foreigners are allowed calls from abroad. During the visits, the NPM has not received any complaints by foreigners accommodated at the DCF with regard to their contacts with the outside world. NPM recommendations and the authorities' progress in their implementation During the reporting period, the NPM has sent the following recommendations to the competent authorities: • The DCF should have at least one nurse available who would carry out the medical examinations of the newly-admitted patients, distribute therapy and take care of the medical files of foreigners in the DCF. The emergency team conducts a medical check-up for newly-admitted patients. However, there has been no progress on NPM's recommendation to hire at least one nurse who would perform medical examinations of the newly admitted, distribute the therapy and take care of the medical files of foreigners in DCF. • The DCF should maintain the following protocols: Protocols on solitude, bodily injury, self-inflicted injury, attempted suicide, sexual abuse and deaths. The NPM has noted that relevant data are kept in the file of foreigners accommodated in the DCF for all events related to foreigners accommodated in the DCF and that the MIA electronic register is used. • Security personnel should undergo adequate training in order to work with this category. The security personnel were not provided with trainings on working with this category, despite the efforts of the competent authorities to find a solution to this issue. • Foreigners should be informed of all their rights and obligations through a separate document, in a language that they understand and in which they certify that they have understood their rights and obligations. The NPM has noted that foreigners are informed of their rights and obligations through 84 For more information see : https://rm.coe.int/16806fbf12 35