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National Commission of Human Rights documents cruel treatment of migrants.


The National Commission the Human Rights (CNDH) verified that personel of the Department of Health in Coahuila obligated 28 immigrants to be introduced a rectal sprinkler in order to carry out a medical analysis.

Thus, the agency documents a new modality of "cruel, inhuman and degrading" treatment in migratory stations.

It maintains that in November and December of 2006, 20 men, six women and two under age central americans were obligated to be introduced a rectal sprinkler of almost 20 centimeters of length to detect Colera and were threatened that by not doing it a nurse would do it and they would be detained for three months.

The CNDH indicated that the sanitary norm is done only in the event that the migrant comes from a country with history of Colera or is has diarrhea more than five days, situation which wasn't the case of the 28 migrants.

The agency accuses that the National Institute of Migration (INM) "which intends to be excused of the breach of their obligations" upon arguing that "it doesn't have personnel that supervise the performance of the medical department, since they do not have the preparation or skill to determine if the actions of auscultation or medical review are the appropriate".

The CNDH emitted the recommendation 63/2007 to ask the governor of Coahuila that act against the doctors involved and to give instructions so that the rectal sprinkler be applied only under supervision, prevention, control and management of Colera, and with care to human dignity.