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30.10. Inspectors have unrestricted access to detainees and all parts of the place of detention.

30. Requests and ComplaintsD. Regime and Activities

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30.11. Independent review is available where a complaint is rejected or to compel a decision where there is an inordinate delay.

30. Requests and ComplaintsD. Regime and Activities

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31.01. Welfare services are provided to assist detainees with practical problems caused by immigration detention and to help detainees prepare for release, transfer or removal.

31. Welfare and counsellingD. Regime and Activities

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31.02. Counselling services are provided to assist detainees with psychological preparation for release, transfer or removal.

31. Welfare and counsellingD. Regime and Activities

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31.03. Welfare and counselling services assist detainees to contact their legal counsel and access to confidential advice is facilitated.

31. Welfare and counsellingD. Regime and Activities

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31.04. Welfare and counselling services assist detainees to communicate with family, friends and support groups prior to release, transfer or removal, including those who are in the country of origin or former habitual residence.

31. Welfare and counsellingD. Regime and Activities

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31.05. If requested, detainees are accompanied by welfare and counselling support at the time of release, transfer or removal.

31. Welfare and counsellingD. Regime and Activities

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31.06. Welfare and counselling services respect the detainee’s right to privacy and confidentiality.

31. Welfare and counsellingD. Regime and Activities

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31.07. Where children are detained, they have access to services that actively facilitate their integration/reintegration into society, family life, education and employment, including support services that enable them to find adequate shelter, education, employment and means of support.

31. Welfare and counsellingD. Regime and Activities

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32.01. School-age children have access to education, preferably in local schools, regardless of the duration of their detention.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.02. Child and young adult detainees above compulsory school age who have not completed their education are permitted and encouraged to continue their education.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.03. Girls and boys held in immigration detention have access to education on an equal footing.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.04. Illiterate immigration detainees have access to education appropriate to their needs.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.05. The right of all immigration detainees to take part in education is respected, and steps are taken to ameliorate educational disadvantage and therefore future employment prospects for women, disabled persons and others who may be marginalised.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.06. Educational opportunities for detainees respect, as far as possible, individual needs, interests and aspirations, with a view to improving morale, attitudes, self-respect and prospects for social (re)settlement and (re)integration.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.07. Educational opportunities include vocational training opportunities designed to maintain or enhance skills and labour force participation.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.08. Language programmes to teach immigration detainees the local language or the lingua franca are available to all immigration detainees.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.09. Diplomas or educational certificates awarded to detainees do not indicate the migration status of the individual or that s/he is, or has been, in immigration detention.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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32.10. Detainees have free and ready access to a library adequately stocked with recreational and instructional books, newspapers, dictionaries, legal reference materials and foreign language videos/DVDs appropriate to the detainee dempographic.

32. EducationD. Regime and Activities

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33.01. Immigration detainees have at least one hour per day of suitable exercise in the open air, weather permitting.

33. Outdoor exerciseD. Regime and Activities😷 COVID

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