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Detention and Deportations

Migration policies are often designed in a way that creates precarity and danger for those with less wealth and privilege, and to punish through detention and deportations those who are unable within the restrictive avenues of regular migration.

We call for systems that are fair and centred around people, and help them navigate migration procedures in the community.

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Read our publications to learn about how migration policies shape our societies and the lives of undocumented people, and how they can be improved.

2024
Detention and Deportations

Working together to end immigration detention: A collection of noteworthy practices

2023
Detention and Deportations

FAQ – Non-refoulement in the context of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

2022
Detention and Deportations

Locked up : Stories of immigration detention in Europe

2022
Detention and Deportations

Barriers to return: protection in international, EU and national frameworks

2021
Detention and Deportations

Preventing and Addressing Vulnerabilities in Immigration Enforcement Policies

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Read our blogs to learn about laws, policies and issues that affect undocumented people.

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Every year in Europe, over 100.000 people are detained only because of their residence status. The impact on their physical and mental health is huge. But it doesn’t have to be like this: there are alternatives.

Immigration detention in Europe: what impact on people? - 01:43

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We can manage migration better and more humanely. We can do without detention and instead support people to find solutions to their residence status. Through case management, social workers support people to find solutions to their residence status while remaining in the community they live in.

Case management: how to manage migration better and more humanely - 01:36

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Children should only be returned when a fair procedure has found it is in the best interests. A best interests procedure for the identification of durable solutions for children in migration should be put in place by all countries.

To play alone - 01:57