Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2016 addition, due to insufficient scope of healthcare coverage available to applicants for international protection, in 2016, JRS covered the expenses of gynaecological examinations as well as ophthalmologic, orthopaedic and paediatric check-ups. Difficulties regarding exercise of right to healthcare became even more prominent when even though RFAS Zagreb was working at full capacity, doctors’ services were not available on a daily basis. The situation was resolved with the help of the organization Doctors of the World, which in turn started to provide healthcare services to applicants for international protection. In RFAS Kutina, physician did not make visits in accordance with the agreement, but at the request of an official of the Ministry of the Interior. For the purpose of providing international protection applicants with specific health care issues, with psychosocial support services, Ministry of Health concluded an agreement with Neuropsychiatric Hospital “Dr. Ivan Barbot”, pursuant to which a psychiatrist had to make four visits a month to RFAS Kutina; however, due to their specific health problems, when needed, healthcare was provided within hospitals as well as with the help of CSOs, which pursuant to agreements concluded with the Ministry of the Interior, provided the applicants with psychosocial assistance and support. Consequently, it is insufficient and unacceptable for the right to healthcare to be merely regulated by passing of laws; instead, it is important to have good organizational structure and remove obstacles that hinder exercise of this right. It is particularly important for international protection applicants to be provided with translation services while undergoing medical examination, especially specialist medical examinations. Considering that in 2016, in the Republic of Croatia, 4,496 irregular migrants were found, 584 had their freedom of movement restricted after being placed 2.232 into FRCJ, 271 were forcibly removed from 1.195 1.089 807 FRCJ, that pursuant to the Foreigners Act, 453 211 560 people were forcibly removed from other police administrations and that 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 3,055 decisions on return were issued, 910 of which were implemented, it is clear that there is a large number of people whose rights have potentially been negatively affected. At the same time, it is particularly important to take into account the increase in the number of international protection applicants in the Republic of Croatia in 2016. NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION APPLICANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA 44