Training materials and "good practice" for return operations

Topic

Basic training for category 1 standing corps on pre-return and return procedures, good practice manuals on the use of force and firearms, training implementation manual and summary of voluntary returns

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Summary

Request to Frontex
Request for

1. The design and syllabus of training materials for the Basic Training Programme for Category
1 standing corps staff.
2. A complete list (or register) of the titles of all documents included in the content of training
materials for the Basic Training Programme for Category 1 standing corps staff.
3. The training implementation manual
4. A copy of good practices regarding interventions and tactics
5. The profile or job description of "returns counsellor"
6. The first draft of the Executive Director's decision on the adaptation of the independent
complaints mechanism to comply with the 2019 Regulation.
7. A list of the scope and activities of the Forced Return Monitors team.
8. A full list of all voluntary return operations that Frontex has assisted with, to date, including
the country of return, the country of destination, the date of operation, and the assistance
offered.

Date request submitted 26 May 2020
Date registered 12 June 2020
Deadline extended? No
Date response received 26 June 2020
Full access granted? No
Confirmatory application? No
Exceptions invoked

"Some limited parts of these documents fall under exceptions under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001"

Some documents publicly available

Risk of revealing negotiation positions, erosion of mutual trust among negotiation participants, hampering ongoing and future negotiations with no overiding public interest.

Administrative burden to identify and redact releasable materials disproportionate to the public interest

Documents released

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