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transferred immediately for first aid to the closest health centre or hospital and then, if needed, they
are hospitalised in the proper hospital.
Non-Governmental Organisations (NG0s) that have regular access to the areas of administrative
detention of aliens also contribute to the provision of medical services to illegal immigrants.
As regards the Pre-departure Detention Centres for Aliens (ProKe.K.A.), those referred to in paragraphs
113, 114 and 115, the assignment to the Ministry of Health/Health Units Societe Anonyme (A.E.M.Y.
S.A.) of services of medical-pharmaceutical care, of mental and social support, of interpreting is
indicated.
Paragraphs 79-80: Request of the Committee to the Hellenic Authorities for providing interpreting
services to the aliens deprived of their freedom, if deemed necessary, and for providing them with
an information a brochure in a language they understand:
The aliens under administrative custody are systematically provided with information on the Regulation
applied in the prisons, as well as on their rights and duties. It is for this reason that related forms have been
posted in visible spots and they are provided with «Information Prospectus», through which they are
updated about their rights, so much as regards the detention as the procedure of asylum, in a number of
languages.
As said above, the third country citizens under administrative custody are allowed to get into touch with the
legal agents and their family members. The related and proper national, international and Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) and agents may visit the prisons. Those visits are subject to authorisation by the proper
police Authority in charge of the guarding and operation of the prison.
Besides the continuous efforts of having interpreters in the areas of the Hellenic Police administrative
detention, with the purpose of reinforcing the rights of the inmates, among others, the Police Authorities are
involved in:
(a) «Information Prospectus» on the «rights of the aliens arrested and under deportation» [Model KA 141
(a)] and on the «rights of the aliens arrested and under return» [Model KA 141(1)], in a number of languages,
so as to assure they are aware of the their rights and to facilitate the actual exercise thereof, aiming at
typically strengthening the guarantees of the legitimacy, the impartiality and the objectiveness at the time of
the police action, as well as the transparency in the treatment of the inmates in the Police Authorities.
(b) Besides, the articles 21 and 22 of the By-laws of the Pre-Departure Detention Centres for Aliens
(Government Gazette B/118-21.01.2015) entitled «Rights» and «Duties of Inmates» were translated
respectively and are posted at the existing Pre-Departure Detention Centres for Aliens
(Pro.Ke.K.A.) in ten (10) languages:
French, English, Arab, Pakistani (Urdu), Afghan (Pasta), Iran (Farsi), Begali, Dari, Sorani and
Swahili.
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