monitoring activities 93 Since April 2011, the Ombudsman has monitored the forced deportations of citizens from third countries (non-EU countries) without legal residence in Denmark carried out by the Danish National Police. The Ombudsman must especially ensure that the deportations are carried out with respect for the individual and without unnecessary use of force. Thus, the Ombudsman assesses whether the police act in accordance with applicable law, including EU law and international human rights conventions, together with good administrative practice. The Ombudsman’s monitoring is particularly focused on forcible measures, unity of the family, vulnerable groups, prior contact and information, the security assessment, aborted deportations and the deportation report. As can be seen from the table on the following pages, the Ombudsman did not express criticism of the work of the police in 2013. The deportations were carried out with respect for the individual and without unnecessary use of force. In 2013, we also reviewed 741 deportation cases from 2012 for the purpose of, among other things, identification of all cases involving forcible measures. We selected 76 cases out of the 741 cases for a closer assessment, including 9 cases from which it appeared that forcible measures had been used. We have found that in a number of cases, the documentation does not comply with the recommendations of the international and national guidelines on forced deportations. Moreover, in several respects the police have not complied with the nonstatutory principle on the obligation to take notes. Consequently, the Danish National Police initiated a number of measures in 2013 in order to improve the documentation of the various administrative procedures in connection with deportation cases. For more information (in Danish only) about the Ombudsman’s monitoring of forced deportations, see www.ombudsmanden.dk/udsendelser.