106 | Annual Report 2019 Examples of important activities in 2019 Deportations in which Ombudsman representatives participated In 2019, legal case officers from the Ombudsman’s office were present at 10 forced deportations of foreign nationals. The Ombudsman did not express criticism of the police work in any of the eight deportation cases concluded by the Ombudsman in 2019. The Ombudsman assessed that the deportations were carried out within Danish and international rules, including with respect for the individual and without unnecessary use of force. Further, the Ombudsman had no comments on the documentation in the cases. Two of the deportation cases were still pending at the time of going to press. Concluded cases As stated in the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2018, the Ombudsman reviewed the case files in that year of 77 deportation cases from 2016 and 2017 which had been concluded by the police. In five of these cases, the Ombudsman’s review caused him to raise questions with the National Police. The Ombudsman concluded the five cases in 2019. Two of the cases concerned inadequate documentation that it was necessary for the police to use force during the deportation. One of these cases has been published (Case No. 2019-23). Two other cases concerned a lack of documentation to show that the foreign nationals were offered to see a doctor after the forced deportation was aborted. The Ombudsman expressed criticism of the police in all four cases. The fifth case concerned whether or not a final decision that the foreign national could be deported had been made before the forced deportation was initiated. After receiving the National Police’s comments on the case, the Ombudsman took no further action. In addition, in a case concluded in 2019 the Ombudsman found that he did not have grounds for repudiating the assessment by the National Police that – due to, among other things, safety considerations – Danish police officers did not have an obligation to intervene towards a foreign chief of police during a forced deportation of foreign nationals. (Case No. 2019-6). Finally, in another case concluded in 2019 the Ombudsman found that he could not criticise that the police use force under specific conditions to reduce screaming and shouting during deportations. However, the Ombudsman recommended the National Police to include these conditions in the internal guidelines of the police. (Case No. 2019-4). Annual review In 2019, the Ombudsman reviewed the case files in 52 of the deportation cases from 2018 which had been concluded by the police. The final result of the review was still pending at the time of going to press. Discussions In 2019, the Ombudsman had a dialogue meeting with the National Police, the National Immigration Centre, and North Zealand Police, the North Zealand Immigration Centre, about the Ombudsman’s monitoring of forced deportations carried out by the police. In addition, the Ombudsman had a meeting with the Danish Refugee Council.