On November 14, 2017, representatives of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring of the Public Defender's Office carried out monitoring of the joint return operation of Georgian citizens living on the territory of the EU countries. Representative of the Department of Prevention and Monitoring left Tbilisi international airport for the airport of the German city of Dusseldorf, where they attended the return of 46 Georgian citizens from various European countries.

The Georgian citizens were handed over to the escort of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia by border police officers of Germany and Greece (in Dusseldorf) on board. The process was coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union FRONTEX.

The process of reception, checking and travelling of the Georgian citizens was monitored non-stop. No incident has taken place and no force or special means were used during the return operation.

Like the previous operation, the employees of the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia gave certain citizens of Georgia the opportunity to make telephone calls to Georgia from the Dusseldorf airport. However, this was not a systematic solution to the problem. The Public Defender considers it important the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs Georgia to ensure communication with representatives of FRONTEX and the countries carrying out the return operation within the framework of the readmission agreement signed between the European Union and Georgia, in order to ensure telephone communication of the returning persons with their families before departing for Georgia.