-7At the same time, there is maintenance and repairs made for the restitution of any damages to the electrical and plumbing network of the building, by care of the Police Directorate / Sub-Directorate of Transfers of Thessaloniki and the competent Technical Department of the Sub-Directorate of Technical Applications of Northern Greece. Additionally, it is notified that on the date of the Commission’s visit, the Manager of the Department of Internal Operations was absent due to 3-month transfer at the Police Directorate of Lesvos while the Manager of the Office was found at scheduled summer leave, with the result that they be substituted by another Officer of the Department of Internal Operations. Finally, regarding the issue of the police officers’ behavior, it must be stressed that our Ministry and the Hellenic Police Headquarters are highly sensitive in the matter of the policemen’s impeccable behavior to the citizens, natives and aliens and the faithful execution of their duties, mainly to what concerns the absolute respect of the individual rights, the diversity and the dignity of the citizens as this is prescribed by the applicable legislation as well. For this reason, specific orders and instructions have been given to the staff while, simultaneously, we maintain strictness on those becoming oblivious of such obligations of theirs. B. Apart the above, we would like to inform you that there are expected in the forthcoming period, the procedures for the implementation of a series of actions to begin, such as medicalpharmaceutical and psychosocial support, provision of interpretation and legal support services, for detained aliens at the Pre-Departure Detention Centers, Center’s functional costs etc., the implementation of which will contribute, by priority, to ensuring living conditions in a decent living environment and, to this effect, significant efforts are made in order for the long-standing tendering proceedings of the State to start the soonest possible and the needs to be covered with funds from European resources and also to have full absorbability. Common goal of all competent Services of our Ministry is the great significance attributed to the absorption of the funds granted by the European Commission, but also the funds scheduled to be spent for the reinforcement of the efforts paid by our country for the confrontation of the phenomenon of illegal immigration, cooperating to this effect, with the rest competent Ministries and other competent agencies. C. Please act further. D. This is submitted to the Offices of Physical and Political Leadership for information. THE MANAGER OF THE ALIENS AND BORDER PROTECTION BRANCH EMMANOUIL GRIGORAKIS MAJOR GENERAL Copied on the same day in Athens. (sgd-sld) ANGELOPOULOS F. Alexandros Police-Sub-Director Exact translation of the Greek attached document. Athens 18.01.2017 The translator THEODOSSIA KAPELONI