A/HRC/44/42/Add.4 All persons suffering from chronic diseases or cancer have access to adequate treatment and if it cannot be provided in the hospitals of the relevant district, it is possible to move the person to another facility for refugees in another district where the treatment is available. All persons in hospital get the same type of boarding; the type and quantity of the meals depend on their medical condition and not their status. After or before an operation it may be possible that eating is not medically advised. The necessary medicines needed are provided free of charge. Interpretation is provided by cross interpreters or social workers. It may happen that the person concerned is not satisfied with a diagnosis but this does not mean that the doctor was unable to make a diagnosis. The Alien Policing Directorate can provide several good examples on human and professional treatment that was not experienced by the asylum seekers in earlier stages of the route. Asylum seekers receive information on services - including health care services - available in the zones during their stay and upon arrival with the help of the interpreters. The report mentions that „Asylum seekers, including women and children, with serious chronic diseases and cancer remained untreated for months”. The aforementioned minor’s medical examination started right after they had arrived. Although due to the lack of documentation (what the family had left in Serbia) the Hungarian doctors had to start over the examination to decide the best possible treatment for the child. During this time the family left the country, so the doctors couldn’t start the proper treatment. Since the family had left without any medical documentation again to move to Austria, the Austrian medical team couldn't start the treatment of the child without the proper tests and examination, thus they had to start over just like the Hungarian medical team. The child died in Austria. Monitoring activities of NGOs and legal representation As concerns the monitoring activities of NGOs and the provision of legal representation for asylum seekers, currently several NGOs are admitted to the transit zones, on a permanent or temporary basis and legal representatives attend the facilities regularly, among others also representatives of the Helsinki Committee. Unaccompanied and separated children and families with children The statement that the „ad hoc guardian who primarily engages with the child during asylum procedure but not in general child protection” in point 36 of the report does not correspond to the facts. The ad hoc guardian not only represents the child in the asylum procedure, but also acts in any other matter concerning them, such as their placement, care, state of health, and their application for asylum. The ad hoc guardian can also enter the transit zone, so they can keep in touch with the child in person. Contrary to what is contained in the report unaccompanied minors aged 14-18 in the transit zone are not deprived of protection measures as they are placed separately from adults, with different care content according to their age (more food options, education, participation in play and leisure activities, etc.) and their legal representation is also ensured. Child protection guardians are not only assigned to unaccompanied minors under the age of 14, but unaccompanied minors aged 14-18 are also placed in the special child protection system after a positive assessment of their asylum application, where their legal representation is provided by a child protection guardian the same way as for all children in child protection care, including Hungarian citizens. Inadmissibility ground, judicial review The fact that only the inadmissibility was reviewed does not mean that there was no substantial judicial review. The court examined in each case whether the claim is well- 4

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