Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism the European Union for Internal Affairs for the 2014-2020 period, also contemplates the possibility of community financing to improve and modernise Centres for Detention of Foreign Nationals, and to sustain their operation. CIE visited 39. In 2013 the CIEs of Barcelona, Madrid, Murcia, Tarifa (Cádiz) and Valencia were visited. These CIEs were visited in previous years, but it was considered necessary to follow up those visits to verify compliance with the recommendations made and identify eventual new deficiencies. Chart 4 Geographical location of CIEs visited in 2013 Participation of the Ombudsman in the visits 74 40. The Ombudsman participated personally in two of the visits made to CIE, specifically those of Tarifa (Cádiz) and Valencia. These were follow-up visits the purpose of which was to convey, on site, to the responsible authorities, the conclusions drawn at the last inspection visits. The visit to the CIE of Barcelona was made after the death of one detainee. Another two visits, those made to Madrid and Murcia, were multidisciplinary, at which one external technical expert, specialised in legal and forensic medicine participated, since one of the objectives of these visits was to study and assess in depth the healthcare services provided at these centres.

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