Country Body responsible for monitoring Year of establishment and legislative references Type of body FINLAND Non-Discrimination Ombudsman https://www.syrjinta.fi/web/en/frontpage Article No. 152 Finnish Aliens Act, introduced in 2014 Autonomous body. It does not constitute the National Preventive Mechanism Number of operations 46 of which: monitored in 2018 12 operations: all three phases monitored 18 operations: pre-return and flight phases monitored 16 operations: only pre-return phase monitored Number of returns carried Top 5 nationalities out in 2018 Total 2,236 Russia Men n/a Iraq Women n/a Gambia Minors 103 Ukraine Nigeria Reporting There is no obligation to draft a report after each operation, instead recommendations are sent to the police unit responsible for returns and to the National Police Council Civil society The recommendations are public, while the reports of the interventions/accessibility monitors following each operation are for internal use. No of the information involvement of civil society is foreseen collected Use of checklists There is no specific checklist model or template in use. Each monitor takes notes on the progress of the operation