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01.01. Staff and other officials are polite, courteous, and respectful of immigration detainees.

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01.02. Staff are easily identifiable as staff at all times, and wear identification badges displaying their name and position.

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01.03. Arrest and detention procedures are provided by law and properly documented for each individual.

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01.04. Reasons for arrest and detention are provided to detainees in writing and in a language that they understand.

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01.05. Interpreters are readily available, as required, and at all critical times.

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01.06. Clear and accurate information on rights and procedures are provided to detainees, and detainees are helped to understand them, especially if they require interpreters, are illiterate or may otherwise have difficulty doing so.

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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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01.09. 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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01.11. The integrity of family units/groups is respected and maintained at all times.

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01.12. Detention meets adequate levels of safety, security, cleanliness and comfort at all times, with due regard to special needs.

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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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01.14. At the time of initial detention, detainees are informed of their right to and are permitted (automatically and without delay) to contact UNHCR and/or a consular post or diplomatic mission in private and free of charge, and this contact is duly recorded (including time, date, and person contacted).

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01.15. In the case of unaccompanied or separated children, family (especially parents or independent legal guardians), legal counsel, UNHCR and/or other appropriately mandated organisation or entity are promptly notified of detention or transfer.

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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 TransferA. Detention and Immigration Procedures

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

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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.

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