ANNUAL REPORT 2017 72 FORCED DEPORTATIONS1 MONITORED IN 20172 When Number of persons com­ prised by the deportation Use of force during deportation? 103 deportations in total 29 persons in total 3 deportations 7 completed 3 aborted 28 February – 1 March 16 Yes Yes (partly) 22 March 3 No No 10 July 2 No No 1 August 1 No Yes 22 August 1 Yes No 4 and 5 September 1 No Yes 26 September 1 No Yes 31 October 1 No Yes 22 November 3 Yes Yes Deportation completed? 1) Deportation of foreign nationals who do not depart voluntarily can either be carried out through a supervised departure, where the departure from the country is supervised by police, for example when the person boards a plane, or through an escorted departure, where police escort the person out of the country to his or her home country or a third country where s/he is entitled to take up residence. In 2017, all deportations monitored by the Ombudsman were escorted departures. 2) In 2017, the destinations of the deportations monitored by the Ombudsman included Armenia, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Nepal, Georgia and Kenya.