The project seeks to contribute to the strengthening of the rights of migrants who are in administrative detention (placement in a temporary installation center or similar space) in Portugal, aligning with international human rights standards. The project is based on the conviction that better access to information, strengthening the training of personnel working in the context of detention and strengthening conditions that allow authorities to be adequately informed on the subject of return and detention will lead to better conditions for detained migrants.

For this, IOM will:

• Review existing information materials (leaflets and videos) in more than 15 languages ​​and produce new materials to ensure they reflect recent legislative changes and that are comprehensive and meet the information needs of different groups. 
• Continue to hold individual or group information sessions for migrants, taking into account their characteristics, facilitate migrants' access to information and review the curricula of existing sessions, as well as prepare new summaries that provide valuable information on the return or release of migrants, in particular with regard to support services. 
• Train staff and professionals working in the context of forced return and detention from a human rights perspective
• Provide assistance to PSP in order to inform its operatives about the conditions and functioning of the immigration detention system, interviewing both detainees and staff working in places of detention, making visits to centers and equivalent spaces, administering migrant satisfaction questionnaires and presenting quarterly reports to the PSP on how to improve detention conditions, as well as highlighting best practices and improvements.