Body responsible for monitoring Year of establishment and legislative references Type of body Number of operations monitored in 2018 Number of returns carried out in 2018 Inspectorate General of Home Affairs (IGAI) https://www.igai.pt/pt/Pages/default.aspx Established with Law Decree No. 227/95. Responsible for monitoring forced return since August 2015, on the basis of the Decision of the Ministry of Internal Administration No. 11102/2014 It does not constitute the National Preventive Mechanism. Inspectors are appointed by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the proposal of the Inspector General and exercise their mandate with independence and impartiality 11 of which: 1 operation: all three phases monitored 10 operations: only pre-return phase monitored Top 5 nationalities Total 293 Brazil Men n/a India Women n/a Cape Verde Minors n/a Albania Guinea Bissau Reporting Monitors are required to prepare a report within ten days from the operation Civil society The summaries of each monitoring carried out as well as the interventions/accessibility recommendations are available on the website. The results of the information are also published in the annual report collected Use of checklists A specific checklist is used