2.4 VISITS TO POLICE STATIONS foreigner is travelling. The keeping of records alone will mean that police officers will be establishing on a regular basis the reasons why an individual foreigner has left their country of origin and to which country they are travelling. In instances where it is established that a foreigner has left their country of origin due to reasons which are, at the same time, reasons for which international or subsidiary protection is recognised, this will be appropriately noted in the record, and the foreigner will be informed about the possibility of submitting an application for international protection, regardless of whether an official note will be made or not. In response to our recommendations, the MNZ said that, if police officers observe during an interview that the conditions have been met for an application for international protection to be submitted, they inform the foreigner about this possibility or present and offer it even if the foreigner does not request it. If reasons for international protection are not detected during the interview, and the foreigner does not request it, procedures are continued under the remaining regulations. At the same time, the MNZ said that leaflets and informative material concerning these rights are available at all police stations. In every case, when a person asks for international protection, police officers process this person accordingly. What is encouraging is that the police have prepared, in cooperation with the UNHCR, new brochures in several languages, which were distributed to police stations by the end of October 2019. Old brochures and posters have been replaced by these brochures. The brochures will enable persons processed by the police to become acquainted with the international protection procedure. The actual realisation of the foregoing in practice will also be examined by the NPM when visiting police stations in 2020. When dealing with unaccompanied children/adolescents we advised that police officers pay special attention to informing children about their rights in a child-friendly and understandable manner as they thus contribute to the prevention of victimisation and reducing the risk of child trafficking, their disappearance and other risks. On that note, we also highlighted that Article 13 of the Police Tasks and Powers Act (ZNPPol) stipulates that police officers must be particularly considerate when treating persons who need additional attention, assistance and care; this group explicitly consists of children. Article 18 of the ZNPPol determines that during procedures in connection with children and minors, police officers must consider their age, the level of their physical and mental development, their sensitivity and other potential characteristics. The Frontex Handbook on Children at Risk on the Move, which provides guidelines for border police officers, emphasises that „treatment in the child’s best interest /.../ must be the leading principle of every border police officer“, including a sensitive case-by-case approach adjusted to children. „It is essential that border guards take a particularly flexible approach when confronted with cases involving children. The interests of a child in a specific position of vulnerability are not always best served in the same way as those of another child in a similar situation. An experienced border guard knows that no two cases are ever the same, and proceeds with particular care and thoroughness when dealing with children. It is necessary to gather as much information as possible regarding an individual child’s situation before reaching any decisions.“ We stressed that the Frontex guidelines point out that when dealing with children the procedure must be adjusted to them, including the terminology of the procedure. The Council of Europe’s Handbook on child-friendly information for 52 THE REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA ON IMPLEMENTING THE TASKS OF THE NPM