Country Body responsible for monitoring Year of establishment and legislative references Type of body BULGARIA Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria https://www.ombudsman.bg Article No. 39 of the Law on Foreigners of the Republic of Bulgaria, which entered into force on 11.03.2013 Independent constitutional body, elected by the National Assembly. It does not constitute the National Preventive Mechanism for the prevention of torture Number of operations 11, of which: monitored in 2018 4 operations: all three phases monitored 7 operations: only pre-return phase monitored Number of returns carried Top 5 nationalities out in 2018 Total 332 Iraq Men 283 Turkey Women 32 Afghanistan Minors 17 Pakistan Syria Reporting An annual report is drawn up and sent to the Directorate of Migration Civil society The individual reports are not public but most are published interventions/accessibility in the annual NPM report of the information collected Use of checklists Frontex checklist in use Country Body responsible for monitoring CROATIA Croatian Law Centre http://www.hpc.hr/