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EU: Statewatch Analysis: “We are not animals”: Concern intensifies over detention of migrants in Europe by Marie Martin

08 July 2012

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Recent reports on very poor detention conditions of migrants in some EU countries present a concerning picture of current detention standards and practices. They emphasise systemic issues at stake with the implementation of the Returns Directive now transposed in all EU national legislations and further question the compatibility of administrative detention with the respect of fundamental rights.

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