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(b)
Undertake a human rights assessment study of the implementation of
readmission agreements concluded with the European Union and countries in the
Western Balkan and, on this basis, formulate detailed and human rights-based
implementation protocols. These should ensure that detailed information on the
profile and protection needs of each returnee is systematically received by the Border
and Migration Police in advance of readmission. Provision of a complaint procedure
on alleged human rights abuses should also be considered;
(c)
Conduct a thorough human rights-based needs assessment of all border
crossing points regarding infrastructure, capacity and human resources with a view to
ensuring, inter alia, an adequate presence of female police and availability of
psychologists and social workers. The Special Rapporteur calls for immediate
renovation and refurbishing of all holding cells in border crossing points;
(d)
Consider a permanent presence of social workers or representatives of
Regional and Local Employment Offices at border crossing points where return rates
are high (such as Kakavija) in order to strengthen protection measures, improve
information on employment opportunities and facilitate referrals to appropriate social
services;
(e)
Conduct reform of social workers to give them a proactive role in the
reintegration process, including through case management;
(f)
Intensify media and information campaigns on the reintegration support
provided by the migration counters and consider mobile sub-units to reach remote
rural areas and “informal areas” to inform the most economically disadvantaged
groups of returnees of opportunities and services. The Government is invited to
contemplate ways to increase budgetary and operational autonomy of the migration
counters;
(g)
Formulate, in partnership with returnee women and children
themselves, specialized programmes for Albanian women and children migrants
returning voluntarily or forcibly for their reintegration at local level;
(h)
Review the mechanism of institutional oversight of the Strategy on
reintegration of returned Albanian citizens to ensure a strong human rights-based
and oriented implementation.
E.
Foreign migrants
74.
The Government should:
(a)
Take prompt steps to ensure that the right to seek and enjoy asylum is
fully respected. The Special Rapporteur recommends regular updates and debriefing
to Border and Migration Police on the situation of countries of origin of third country
nationals arriving at the Albanian border. Availability of interpreters and prescreening forms in all relevant languages and training of Albanian lawyers on
migration and asylum matters should be addressed as issues of priority;
(b)
Complete without undue delay the electronic registration of all asylumseekers and refugees in the civil status registry for foreigners and provide them with
the relevant identification and travel documents. Necessary measures to ensure their
integration into society, notably through implementation of their rights to housing,
work and social services, should be considered promptly;
(c)
Conduct a thorough review of the Law on Foreigners to ensure its
compatibility with international human rights obligations and that it guarantees the
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