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On Tuesday 30 October 2012, the Ombudsman’s
OPCAT monitoring team rang the doorbell at the
secure residential institution Egely to make an
unannounced visit to the secure sections of the
institution, including a high-security section. The
Egely management, which were in the middle of
a job interview, welcomed the monitoring team
and ensured that the monitoring visit could be
carried out.
Most monitoring visits are announced, but the
Ombudsman can also visit unannounced, for
instance to follow up earlier, announced visits.
The concept of accessibility for people with
disabilities was not mentioned in connection
with the upper secondary school reform, which
resulted in the former county upper secondary
schools becoming self-governing. In the
Ombudsman’s opinion, it was important that
accessibility for people with disabilities was
included in the planning and coordination of
the upper secondary schools area. He therefore requested a meeting with the Ministry of
Education.
At the meeting, the Ministry stated that it
was considering contacting the committees
responsible for allocating students to the
individual upper secondary schools.
The Ministry subsequently informed the Om
budsman that the issue had been discussed
at a meeting with the secretariats of the al
location committees and had been included in
the Ministry’s considerations of amendments
to the executive order concerning admission to
upper secondary schools. After an amendment
was made to the order, accessibility for people
with disabilities is now an important criterion
in connection with the allocation of students
to the individual upper secondary schools.
At the request of the Danish Parliament, the
Parliamentary Ombudsman monitors develop
ments in the equal treatment of people with
disabilities. Among other things, he monitors
accessibility for people with disabilities,
especially in relation to older public buildings.
In addition, he collaborates with the relevant
authorities and the Disabled People’s Organisa
tions Denmark on a regular basis.
During a deportation to Kabul, a 26-year-old
Afghan man went berserk. The man had been
pre-assessed as very violent, and when he
was collected at the Institution for Detained
Asylum Seekers, Ellebæk, his hands were
restrained with a restraining strap. On the
plane to Istanbul, he butted two policemen.
He was then held down in his seat by the
three accompanying policemen for an hour
until their arrival in Istanbul. During the transit
period in Istanbul, he remained violent, among
other things kicking a policeman in the head.
With the help of Turkish police, the policemen
succeeded in immobilising the man and tried
to calm him down before the flight to Kabul.
Nonetheless, he repeatedly tried to butt the
policemen. However, on the plane to Kabul he
calmed down and after an hour, his hands were
therefore released. The journey was com
pleted without further use of force.
The entire process was observed by an Om
budsman representative, who accompanied
the Afghan man and the policemen to Kabul,
where the man was let into the country
without any problems. The Ombudsman repre
sentative later stated that the police had to
use force and that their use of force was not
excessive. In these circumstances, the depor
tation was as dignified as possible.
The Ombudsman monitors deportations by
the police. An employee is responsible for
monitoring the process in connection with de
portations – partly by joining flights and partly
by reviewing the police files in selected cases.
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