E/CN.4/2003/85 page 22 (m) Ensuring the presence in holding centres of a doctor with appropriate training in psychological treatments. Migrants should have the possibility of being assisted by interpreters in their contacts with doctors or when requesting medical attention. Detention of migrants with psychological problems, as well as those belonging to vulnerable categories and in need of special assistance, should be only allowed as a measure of last resort, and they should be provided with adequate medical and psychological assistance; (n) Applying the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners to migrants under administrative detention, including providing for the separation of administrative detainees from criminal detainees; the separation of women from men; a separate bed with clean bedding for each detainee; at least one hour of outdoor exercise daily and the right to communicate with relatives and friends and to have access to newspapers, books and religious advisers. 76. The Special Rapporteur would like to encourage Governments to ensure that their consular and embassy personnel are adequately trained in providing assistance to nationals in distress, including irregular migrants, and that there is a mechanism to address cases of negligence in providing such assistance. The Special Rapporteur would also like to underline that such assistance should be provided by representatives of all relevant government ministries and departments, as well as specialized medical, social and psychological personnel, at least in those countries with a high migration rate. 77. The Special Rapporteur notes that national and international NGOs have started to devote increased attention to the situation of migrants deprived of their liberty and would like to encourage them to continue in their efforts to document and study the violations and abuses that migrants suffer in the context of detention. 78. The Special Rapporteur would like to encourage the organizations of civil society to develop programmes of assistance to migrants deprived of their liberty, including legal aid, translation services and social and psychological assistance, and to visit regularly migrant holding centres and penitentiaries where irregular migrants are held. 79. The Special Rapporteur would finally like to encourage international and regional dialogue, with the participation of relevant international and regional organizations and representatives of the civil society, on international cooperation and arrangements for the establishment of migration management systems able to address the phenomenon of irregular migration in a way that respects the human rights and dignity of migrants. In this connection, the Special Rapporteur would like to encourage IOM to pursue international consultations among its member States and other relevant actors, including United Nations agencies and the civil society.

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