24 5.3. Reports on the visits to the institutions In the course of 2015, the NPM composed 55 reports on the visits conducted to the institutions where persons are deprived of their liberty. After each visit, in line with the set methodology and practice, the NPM composes reports on these visits with recommendations for rectification of the observed deficiencies, with the applicable legislation and standard the NPM applied when establishing the current deficiencies in the work of the institution. The difference in the number of the visited institutions (117) and composed reports (55) lies in the fact that in certain cases a consolidated report was composed for the visits conducted to several institutions so as to observe a certain problem in a systematic manner. All team members took part in the development of the report on the carried visits, i.e., observed state of affair, specifically staff members of the Protector of Citizens, Provincial Protector of Citizens of the AP Vojvodina and associations, as well as engaged experts. 5.4. Recommendations for elimination of the observed deficiencies In the reports on the visits to the institutions where persons are deprived of their liberty, the NPM sends to the competent authorities recommendations for elimination of the deficiencies. In the course of 2015, the NPM issued 265 recommendations to the competent authorities so as to eliminate all observed deficiencies. Along with the issued recommendation, besides the established facts, i.e. deficiencies in the operations, established violations of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, all relevant pieces of legislation and standards the NPM applied when establishing all deficiencies in the operations of the institutions are mentioned, with which the visited institution should harmonize the current situation, i.e. their operations. However, due to the outbreak of the refugee crises, the NPM was forced, due to lack of the complete legal framework that would be fully applicable to the newly created situation, to develop its own standards and ad-hoc working methodology in the field of monitoring the compliance with the rights of refugees / migrants. Composed reports with the recommendations for elimination of the observed deficiencies are submitted to the visited institutions and competent ministries. The reports are submitted to the competent ministries to inform them about the deficiencies in the operations of the visited institution and for the purpose of monitoring the implementation of the recommendations. All recommendations are sent to the visited institutions / competent ministries are in the part of the Report – ANNEX I.