Report on the Performance of Activities of the National Preventive Mechanism for 2016 Migration policy When it comes to adopting a comprehensive approach to the problem of migrations, Migration Policy of the Republic of Croatia is particularly important; however, Migration Policy for the period 2016-2018 has not yet been adopted even though a commission composed of representatives of competent bodies was established. The reason for this was low quality of comments based on which document proposal could not have been drafted. Besides, during the course of 2016, Ministry of the Interior failed to take any other steps, despite the fact that migrations had been defined as one of foreign policy priorities of the Republic of Croatia, primarily because they affect all segments of social development. Due to all identified difficulties that irregular migrants and applicants for international protection are faced with when trying to exercise their rights, it is certainly important to enhance the existing legal framework, to improve practice within the existing system, but also to adopt a new migration policy, in order to establish a systematic approach when it comes to the issue of migrations, with the aim of enabling state bodies and other stakeholders to act in a timely and harmonized manner when attempting to find effective responses to positive and negative effects of migration movements. In 2017, if projects that are planned to be financed by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund are realized, all problems regarding exercise of rights of irregular migrants and applicants for international protection, should be mitigated. The mentioned projects pertain to monitoring forcible removals, ensuring translation services and expanding the network of available translators and court interpreters, encouraging assisted voluntary return, building additional open-type accommodation capacities – the so-called alternative detention – and providing psychosocial assistance to applicants for international protection. 6. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITIES FOR PERFORMING NPM TASKS International cooperation Last year, we participated in three meetings of National Preventive Mechanisms of South-East Europe Network, focusing on visits made to homes for the elderly and preventive protection of refugees’ rights in countries of South-East Europe. In Thessaloniki, we participated in a workshop on ombudsman common regional plan for resolving refugee crisis, whereas in Vienna, we participated in the training on monitoring forcible removals in the organization of FRA and Frontex. In Vienna, we also participated in a workshop on mutual cooperation between NPMs and judges in their work with people deprived of their liberty, especially when it comes to implementing EU legislation. Furthermore, we hosted representatives of Georgian NPM with the aim of exchanging experiences in connection with monitoring implementation of recommendations and instruments that are used during visits; moreover, we made joint visits to Zagreb County Prison, Zagreb Police Administration and FRCJ. We also visited the Slovenian 48