the swedish migration agency access to health and medical care since an examination was last made. For this reason, in the view of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, there is great value in a medical professional conducting an examination of everyone admitted to a detention centre. The Swedish Migration Agency should, therefore, consider reviewing its admission routines in this respect in order to ensure that detainees receive the care they need and to reduce the risk of spreading infectious diseases. During the inspection of the detention centre in Ljungbyhed, it further emerged that the Swedish Migration Agency holds the view that a detainee must be examined by a doctor at the detention centre before they can be transported to an psychiatric emergency unit. According to details received, it can take up to 12 hours before a doctor arrives. In the view of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the conditions described raised questions concerning access to health and medical care in a situation where a detainee segregated because there is a risk that they will injure themselves. Therefore, the Parliamentary Ombudsman will continue to follow this issue in future inspections of the Swedish Migration Board’s detention centres. 85 There is a great value in a medical professional examining all individuals admitted to a detention centre Documentation During the inspection of the detention centre in Ljungbyhed, it was noted that the detention centre kept a manually entered, so-called detention and segregation log in an accounting ledger. During the examination of the logs, the Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s employees were able to note that, in some cases, no time had been specified for the decisions taken or when a period of segregation had ended. In some cases, there was no date for when a detainee was in a security placement. There were, in general, no times specified for security placements. It was, therefore, not possible to see how much time had elapsed between the decisions on segregation and the security placements in cases where the decisions were made on the same day, nor when the detainee was notified of the decision. Following the inspection, the Parliamentary Ombudsman emphasised that if the documentation in a log is to fulfil the function of, inter alia, monitoring deadlines, it needs to be filled in correctly so that it is always possible to obtain a reliable picture of the handling of cases. Incorrect information entails a risk that deadlines will not be noticed in time and that detainees will, therefore, not have their rights met. An accounting book was also used at the detention centre in Kållered to maintain the log. Following an inspection, the Parliamentary Ombudsman stated that it was surprising that the Swedish Migration Agency had not ensured that there was a technical solution or other documentation system, so that The Swedish Migration Agency must ensure that the detention centre can document necessary details in a uniform manner

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