Country

Portugal

Detention issue

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Code on the Enforcement of Custodial Sentences and MeasuresThe execution of sentences involving deprivation of liberty applied to foreign detainees or those belonging to ethnic or linguistic minorities must, as far as possible, allow them to express their cultural values, mitigate any difficulties in social integration or in mastering the Portuguese language, namely by providing contacts with consular or diplomatic bodies or migrant support organizations, Portuguese language courses, translation of documents, or the intervention of interpreters.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2022The NPM has suggested to directorates the use of the translation hotline of the High Commission for Migration (recently fused with the new Agency for Integration Migration and Asylum) as a good practice, especially for clarifying issues that require greater command of the language, which does not involve any additional costs (apart from those arising from a normal telephone call). Report details