Poland’s Interior Ministry is working with human rights organizations to investigate allegations of mistreatment of illegal immigrants in detention centres, the ministry said Monday. A Georgian and an Iranian woman have complained to Polish media of prison-like conditions, intrusive searches, humiliating treatment by armed guards, inadequate medical care and lack of education for children. […] Ministry spokeswoman Malgorzata Wozniak told The Associated Press that officials and watchdog groups, including the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, will visit five centres where foreigners who entered EU member Poland illegally are being held pending a decision on whether they will be deported or allowed to stay.
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