Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2015 Registration in the Republic of Croatia involved the collection of personal information, information about the country of origin, taking of fingerprints on paper and taking of the persons’ photographs. It was performed by police officers specialized in illegal migrations. On the first day, registration was done in Tovarnik, but due to extremely intense pressure, this was no longer possible on the following day, so refugees were transported to temporary registration centres in Čepin, Ježevo, Beli Manastir, Luč, Torjanci, Sisak and Hotel Porin in Zagreb. Due to insufficient capacities for carrying out fast and efficient registration, in Ježevo people spent the whole day waiting outdoors, on a sports field, in the heat, without an adequate place to rest and without a sufficient number of Countries that were faced showers or drinking water. with a large number of After the opening of Opatovac Camp, persons without travel arriving refugees diverged documents were regularly registered and their photos were from those legal frameworks, taken, while for others photocopies of documents were so in December the EC issued made. Refugees waited in a sheltered area, with the a formal warning to the possibility of resting on benches, and they were given Republic of Croatia and other instructions by interpreters. At registration, police officers member states due to generally did not give them verbal information about the incorrect implementation of possibility of seeking international protection, but there was the EURODAC Regulation a notice on the registration desks informing the refugees of during registration. that possibility. The notice on obligation of having one’s fingerprints taken was given in various languages (Turkish, Arabic, Farsi, Somali, English), but the refugees usually refused to do this and were not forced to. In most cases, decisions on the need to leave the EEA were not issued, and when they were issued, they were in Croatian, although there were some in English and in French. After the opening of the Transit Centre in SB, the registration procedure was made faster due to use of tablet computers, which digitalized and automated the registration. Fingerprints were taken, together with basic personal information, and the persons were photographed, which was only for internal use of the Republic of Croatia. Fingerprints of children under the age of 14 were not taken. Due to the speed of the process and a large number of arriving refugees, the decisions on leaving the EEA were still rarely issued. Healthcare The right to health is one of the fundamental social rights guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for everyone, regardless of their status. The Covenant has been ratified by all EU member states. Timely and adequate healthcare provided to refugees represents recognition of their vulnerable position, which among other things, contributes to a sense of security during times of personal hardship. From the first entry of refugees into the Republic of Croatia, healthcare was provided by medical teams of the Ministry of Health, the international organization Magna, and by mid October 2015 also by Doctors Without Borders. 45