36 A journalist was refused access to a database in a ministry because two privately owned enterprises had copyright in the database. In the ministry’s opinion, the enterprises might lose money if the journalist abused his access to the database by publishing it. The journalist lodged a complaint with the ­Ombudsman, who stated that the ministry could only refuse access in order to protect the copyright if it had good reason to believe that the journalist would abuse his access. In the Ombudsman’s opinion, this was not the case. He therefore recommended that the ministry reopen the case and ask the journalist if he still wanted access to the database. In 2011, the Ombudsman received approx. 100 complaints from journalists concerning refusals of requests for access to documents pursuant to the Act on Public Access to Documents on Public Files. The inmates at a secure institution for criminal young people were playing blind man’s buff. A boy was blindfolded by an employee and had to find the employee’s mobile telephone. The boy, who had been banned from making telephone calls, was told that he could telephone his mother if he found the telephone. The boy found it, but was not allowed to call. This story was uncovered during one of the Ombudsman inspections. The Ombudsman told the management about the incident. After the institution had issued warnings to the employees involved and taken various steps to avoid repeat occurrences, the Ombudsman closed the case. Children rarely lodge complaints with the Ombudsman them­ selves, but he is nonetheless able to contribute to children’s legal protection, for instance during inspections or when complaints lodged by adults also involve children. A Congolese woman and her three-year-old child had been refused residence in Denmark, but the woman was not prepared to return voluntarily to the ­Democratic Republic of Congo. They were therefore to be deported. A member of the Ombudsman’s deportation unit accompanied them on the journey to ensure that the two police officers treated the woman and child with as much dignity as possible. However, in the capital, ­Kinshaha, the woman and child were not allowed to enter the country and they had to return to Denmark. The Ombudsman report stated that the police had acted with consideration and discretion. On the other hand, he commented that the police had failed to make a note that they had spoken with the woman before the deportation. The police issued an internal reminder emphasising the obligation to document such things.