Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2016 measures of isolation, physical restraint and chemical restraint are used very rarely in social care institutions, failure to follow the legally prescribed procedures represents violation of rights of a person with serious mental disorders. In addition, in social care institutions, in order to prevent users from falling, different safety measures are employed, such as that of immobilizing and restraining users while asleep; on the other hand, for the purpose of preventing or eliminating negative forms of behaviour, “educational” measure of partial or complete prohibition of leaving the institution without being accompanied, is imposed. Therefore, it is necessary to regulate the use of means of coercion in social care institutions, but also to regulate the manner in which security measures are being implemented, which include bed-rails to prevent fall, wheelchair seatbelt and alike, the purpose of which is raising the person’s security level, with minimum restriction of freedom of movement. b) Other social care institutions In 2016, we also visited other social care institutions which are at risk of limiting persons’ freedom of movement: Home for Adults in Trogir and Home for Children and Youth in Split. Home for Adults in Trogir is an institution for mentally ill adults and Home for Children and Youth is a social care institution for children and youth with behavioural problems. During our visits to the said institutions, we received no complaints regarding treatment by employees of the Home for Adults; however, accommodation conditions have not been completely aligned with the prescribed standards. As a result, despite the maximum number of beds being three, there are seven in the Special Care Unit. The Home is overcrowded, especially the unit where women are situated, whereas deinstitutionalization and transformation plan foresees reduction of its users’ number and investing stronger effort in preparing them for independent life. In Home for Children and Youth in Split, we devoted special attention to the Reception Unit, where freedom of movement is limited and where children found wandering, unsupervised by parents or other adults, are detained for no longer than 72 hours. In addition, in emergency situations, service of temporary accommodation is also provided to unaccompanied children, foreign citizens aged between 14 and 18, who stay there until another means for accommodating them has been found, which may last for no longer than six months. No cases of inhuman or degrading treatment have been registered in the Home; nevertheless, Reception Unit is in a dilapidated condition and it is deprived of any type of equipment for leisure activities. 5. APPLICANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION AND IRREGULAR MIGRANTS Mass movement of refugees and migrants – the largest in Europe since the Second World War – marked the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016 and revealed a series of deficiencies in the system of migration management as well as the concept of Common European Asylum System. During that period, 658,068 people, who had been identified as refugees and who were allowed 37