E/CN.4/1996/72 page 12 45. By way of conclusion, the Special Rapporteur has recommended the French authorities: (i) (ii) to revise the Pasqua Acts to make them more humane and more in keeping with the French ideal of human rights and with international conventions on the rights of the individual; to be more generous in granting entry visas for people from the South, in particular for asylum-seekers and for people wishing to have medical treatment in France and who are able to afford it; (iii) to expedite the procedure for examining the files of persons detained in holding centres and to bring about an improvement in living conditions there since even an ordinary prisoner has a right to human dignity; to make the conditions of expulsion less degrading for "illegal" entrants; (iv) to study the feasibility of devising and disseminating a syllabus for the teaching of human rights on the basis of the agreed common ground of international declarations and conventions on the rights of the individual; (v) lastly, to provide technical assistance and financial support for the holding of an international seminar on racism and xenophobia through partnership between the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations Centre for Human Rights. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the fact that his recommendations have been heeded and that the idea of the seminar was relaunched at the start of 1996 by Mr. P. Bouchet, President of the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights. 3. Mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46. The mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland took place from 13 to 24 November 1995, as agreed with the Government of that country. 47. The prevailing atmosphere was one of frank and open discussion which quickly dispelled memories of the opposition of a sector of the press which had wondered in 1994 what business the United Nations had getting involved. 4/ The prevailing tone of the discussion prompted the British authorities at the conclusion of the mission to say that it had been useful. 48. The Special Rapporteur would like to convey his deep gratitude to the Government of the United Kingdom for arranging his visit, for the quality of the hospitality he received, and for the spirit of cooperation displayed by its representatives. He would like to say how much he appreciated the "British sportsmanship" which enabled him to visit the holding centre at Campsfield, to the north of London, and at Kidlington near Oxford, where immigrants suspected of being illegal entrants and asylum-seekers, who are increasingly regarded as "bogus", are held. He was able to form his own opinion on these holding centres which are tending to increase in number and which raise problems with respect to the rights and dignity of the individual,