Annual Report 2012: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism Photograph 63 Photograph 62 Immobilization belt Finally, it was noted that the persons being repatriated by Portugal were not wearing any means of restraint and walked on their own at all times, and that those repatriated by Greece were wearing handcuffs. The Ombudsman Institution criteria is that returnees must be informed of the details of the repatriation 158 231. Following the searches, the returnees were told to sit in a waiting room until the time came to transfer them for boarding. The five Nigerian citizens in­ terviewed in that room declared that they had been properly treated during the transfer to the airport. Only one of them had been informed in advance of the manner in which he was going to be repatriated. The Ombudsman Institution’s criterion is that the administrative authorities must inform inmates sufficiently in advance of when they are going to be repatriated and of the details of the pro­ cedure, in accordance with the content of paragraph 84 of the 2011 Annual Re­ port. Moreover, the persons who are going to be repatriated are not informed of the duration of the flight, possible stopovers and other information regarding the operation, which must be corrected. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN