A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

01.16. UNHCR, ICRC, NPMs, NHRIs and duly authorised judicial bodies or NGOs have access to all places of detention including the place of initial detention.

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02.01. Adequate notice is given to detainees of planned transfers, and details of and reasons for the transfer are duly recorded.

02. Transit and Transfer,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

02.02. Detainees are given written reasons for the decision to transfer and information about the place to which they are being transferred.

02. Transit and Transfer,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

02.03. Decisions to transfer are subject to judicial oversight and detainees being transferred out of the jurisdiction have the right to challenge the lawfulness of the decision to transfer prior to transfer.

02. Transit and Transfer,A. Detention and Immigration Procedures

02.04. Detainees have a reasonable opportunity to notify legal counsel, family, friends and support groups of transfer and free telephone and fax facilities are made available for this purpose.

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01.07. All immigration detainees are automatically advised of their right to seek asylum and to protection against refoulement.

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01.08. Basic needs of detainees are met in a timely and dignified way and at appropriate intervals from the time of arrest and initial detention.

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01.13. At the time of initial detention, detainees are informed of their right to and are permitted (automatically and without delay) to telephone family and legal counsel in private and free of charge, and this contact is duly recorded (including time, date, and person contacted and whether contact was established).

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01.09. Religious requirements, such as prayer times, are respected from the time of arrest and initial detention.

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01.10. Cultural needs, including dietary requirements, are respected from the time of arrest and initial detention.

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