Situation of foreigners in guarded centres during the Poland-Belarus border crisis
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The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report “Situation of foreigners in guarded centres during the Poland-Belarus border crisis”, which summarizes months of observations by National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture representatives, conducted in administrative detention centres for foreigners. In addition to identifying specific aspects for improvement, it presents an assessment of the systemic measures taken by state authorities through the prism of their impact on the situation of foreigners detained in guarded centres and the possibility of exercising their rights. The actions taken by the Commissioner for Human Rights with regard to the issue are also discussed.
The report is problem-oriented, with individual sections devoted to the implementation of specific rights of foreigners in detention. To this end, selected international standards and national legal frameworks are cited; systemic problems are identified and areas requiring corrective action in the opinion of the NMPT are pointed out.
