5.1 prepare, with the assistance
of the CPT, guidelines for minimum standards to be applied to the detention
of irregular migrants and asylum seekers. The European Prison Rules
exist, but they do not apply to the detention of irregular migrants
and asylum seekers, and they are based on carceral rather than non-carceral
detention;
5.2 instruct the European Committee on Migration (CDMG) and
the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) to hold a round table
exchange of views with directors and high-ranking officials of reception
and detention centres receiving irregular migrants, refugees and
asylum seekers in southern Europe. Priority should be given to exchanging
experiences on reception conditions and access to legal rights and
to drawing on the expertise and findings of the CPT and the Council
of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights;
5.3 prepare a co-operation programme and an assistance programme
for directors of reception and detention centres to give them the
opportunity to visit other such facilities and learn from the experience of
their counterparts in other member states of the Council of Europe;
5.4 develop further the systematic training of competent state
organs, especially in border areas, as well as of lawyers involved
in asylum claims in view of the poor quality of advice and assistance
in many member states. This training should cover, inter alia, the European Convention
on Human Rights (ETS No. 5) and its relevance to asylum claims,
as well as international refugee law;
5.5 invite the CPT to continue to give priority to its visits
to reception and detention facilities for irregular migrants, refugees
and asylum seekers. The CPT should pay particular attention to these centres
during large-scale arrivals and cover centres which have not been
visited in the past, such as in Turkey;
5.6 consider the steps to be taken by the Council of Europe
to tackle illegal criminal networks responsible for the trafficking
and smuggling of irregular migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, including
steps to protect victims of trafficking, informers, etc.
