"Return of third-country nationals and the rule of law"

On 27 November 2017, the Ombudsman organised in Athens a conference on "Return of third-country nationals and the Rule of Law". The participants discussed the challenges and guarantees for the rule of law presented by the return process and the Ombudsman's experience of exercising its mandate for external control of returns. The conference was funded by the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2014-2020.