This sector includes activities relating to border control, conditions and modalities of entrance to and removal from the territory of the State, including issuance of visas or other kind of travel authorisations, residence permits, expulsion and deportation, asylum and refugee status and adjustments of status, translation/interpretation services, production of transcripts, collection and assessment of evidence, with due respect for international human rights obligations, including protection against refoulement, non-discrimination, privacy and procedural safeguards.