MONITORING ACTIVITIES 99 The Ombudsman monitors forced deportations by the Danish National Police of foreign citizens without legal residence in Denmark. The Ombudsman especially ensures 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, and good administrative practice. The Ombudsman’s monitoring is especially concentrated on a number of focus areas: use of force, 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 in 2015 express criticism of the police’s work in the nine cases which were concluded. The deportations were carried out with respect for the individual and without unnecessary use of force. One case was still pending when the Annual Report was submitted (deportation on 13 October 2015 to Afghanistan). In 2015, in addition to the above, we selected 48 deportation cases from 2014 for a closer assessment of the case documents. A further assessment of all cases where use of force against the foreign nationals had been registered was undertaken. This had happened in 26 cases. We found that in a number of cases, the documentation was insufficient in several focus areas. Even though the documentation in the cases from 2014 had improved to a considerable extent compared to 2012, there were fewer cases than in 2013 that contained sufficient documentation in a number of focus areas. In 2015, the Ombudsman participated in two European meetings on forced deportations. In addition to this, forced deportations were selected as a theme for three of the meetings with representatives from foreign ombudsman institutions, which is mentioned on page 75. For more information (in Danish only) about the Ombudsman’s monitoring of forced deportations, see www.ombudsmanden.dk/udsendelser. See also the articles on pages 32-39 and pages 66-71.