Contents
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................07
1
The competence of the
Ombudsman over the
external monitoring of
forced returns ..........................11
4
• Legal framework........................11
• Land operations
of return.................................19
•O
rganisation, funding
and networking..........................12
2
• Numerical data regarding
returns...........................................14
• Numerical data regarding
administrative detention
in view of return .......................15
3
• Joint European return
operations
(flights)...................................19
Facts regarding the field
of implementation of the
external monitoring ............14
•T
he external monitoring of
returns in 2017 at a glance...14
Visits to pre-removal centresProblems with the procedure
of returns ....................................17
External monitoring
of return operations
of third country
nationals ..............................19
• Operations of readmission
to Turkey ..............................20
5
6
Co-operation with the
complaints mechanism
of FRONTEX........................22
The revised Handbook on
Returns of the European
Commission..........................24
Conclusion ...........................28