Out of the spotlight: The rights of foreigners and minorities are still a grey area • that: 68 officers and other staff involved in the running of detention centres "as well as possessing well-developed qualities in the field of inter-personal communication … [are] familiarised with the different cultures of the detainees and at least some of them… have relevant language skills. Further they should be taught to recognize possible symptoms of stress reactions displayed by detained persons (whether post-traumatic or induced by socio-cultural change) and to take appropriate action" (recommendations of the CPT). Regarding the ill-treatment of migrants, Amnesty International urges the authorities to ensure • thorough, prompt and impartial investigations are carried out into the human rights violations perpetrated against the individuals arrested and detained in the locations mentioned in this report (Amygdaleza, Chios, Crete, Mytilini, Peplo, Soufli and Vrysika); • thorough, prompt and impartial investigations are carried out into the human rights violations perpetrated against Afghan migrants in December 2004; that if enough evidence is gathered the alleged perpetrators of these violations are brought to justice and that the victims are afforded full reparation, including restitution, compensation, satisfaction, rehabilitation and guarantees of non-repetition; • thorough, prompt and impartial investigations are carried out into the human rights violations perpetrated against the Albanian migrants mentioned in this report; that, if enough evidence is gathered the alleged perpetrators of these violations are brought to justice and that the victims are afforded full reparation, including restitution, compensation, satisfaction, rehabilitation and guarantees of non-repetition. 5.4 Recommendations regarding the protection of the rights of the Roma Amnesty International urges the Ministry of Interior to take all necessary measures in liaising with local authorities in order to ensure that: • a moratorium on evictions is implemented until such time as adequate safeguards are put in place to ensure consistency with international law; • Romani residents are not forcibly evicted from their dwellings. This implies, inter alia: that no such dwellings are demolished without the residents’ prior knowledge; that Roma who are evicted are resettled in accommodation which is in accordance with their right to an adequate standard of living, as provided by the provisions of the ICCPR, the ICESCR, and the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination; that agreements made with Romani individuals prior to their relocation are fully honoured; and that decision-making processes ensure the meaningful participation of Romani representatives in the search for alternatives to eviction and to their current accommodation; • stopping places are made available for Roma who choose to be itinerant; Amnesty International 5 October 2005 AI Index: EUR 25/016/2005