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In recent years, the European Union (EU) and Member States have prioritised reducing migrants’ irregular entry and stay by reinforcing external border controls and intensifying administrative detention as a form of migration management.

National Red Cross Societies in the EU witness how immigration detention increases the vulnerability of individuals who, for a variety of reasons, are usually already at risk. They believe that liberty should be the norm, and that detention ought to be a measure of last resort which is limited in time and of a non-carceral nature.



The purpose of this position paper is to encourage States to safeguard the liberty of migrants and to avoid the use of detention for immigration-related reasons. If there are grounds for detention however, guidance is also included to support States to develop and implement alternatives, as well as to guarantee humane treatment in immigration detention, in line with applicable international, European, and domestic laws and standards.

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