MONITORING ACTIVITIES 89 The Ombudsman monitors forced deportations carried out by the Danish National Police of foreign citizens without legal residence in Denmark. 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 2014. The deportations were carried out with respect for the individual and without unnecessary use of force. In 2014, we also reviewed 1,074 deportation cases from 2013 for the purpose of, among other things, identification of all cases involving forcible measures. We selected 49 cases out of the 1,074 cases for a closer assessment, including 30 cases from which it appeared that forcible measures had been taken. We found that in a small number of cases, the documentation did not comply with the recommendations of the international and national guidelines on forced deportations. Moreover, in certain respects the police had not complied with the non-statutory principle on the obligation to take notes. Though this was also concluded upon review of the cases from 2011 and 2012, the documentation by the Danish National Police had improved in 2013 in regard to most of the focus areas. Unlike in 2011 and 2012, a majority of cases from 2013 complied with the documentation standards. Thus, only a small number of cases did not contain sufficient documentation in relation to several focus areas. For more information (in Danish only) about the Ombudsman’s monitoring of forced deportations, see www.ombudsmanden.dk/udsendelser.