Compulsory, indefinite placement of migrants in the transit zones qualifies as detention and is unlawful.
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CJEU, FMS, FNZ, SA, SA junior v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság and Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság, Joined Cases no. C-924/19 PPU and C-925/19 PPU, 14 May 2020
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Compulsory, indefinite placement of migrants in the transit zones qualifies as detention and is unlawful.
Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast)
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The recast “Asylum Procedures Directive” is a recast of a previous Directive (Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005), with implementation deadline of 20 July 2015. The Directive sets up common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (refugee status and the protection given to people who are not refugees but who would risk serious harm if returned to their country of origin). The Directive enshrines the presumption of minority and further provides requirements on how age assessment should be carried out (art. 25).
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32013L0032
EASO, Practical Guide on Age Assessment (2nd edition)
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The EASO Practical Guide on Age Assessment acknowledges, inter alia, that the benefit of the doubt in age determination procedures is a key principle and safeguard since none of the currently available methods of age assessment can determine a specific age with certainty. So, if after the age assessment remains the doubt that the individual could be a child, they should be treated as such.
https://www.easo.europa.eu/publications/easo-practical-guide-age-assessment-second-edition
CJEU, Hassen El Dridi case, Case no. C-61/11 PPU, 28 April 2011
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The CJEU found that the Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Members States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals must be interpreted as precluding a Member State’s legislation which provides for a sentence of imprisonment to be imposed on an illegally staying third-country national on the sole ground that they remain, without valid grounds, on the territory of that State, contrary to an order to leave that territory within a given period.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A62011CJ0061
CJEU, Bashir Mohamed Ali Mahdi case, Case no. C-146/14 PPU, 5 June 2014
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The CJEU said that immigration related detention is justified only in order to prepare the return or carry out the removal process and if the application of less coercive measures would not be sufficient. Only the judicial authority should deal with the decisions concerning the detention of a third-country national (for example an extension) and it should do so following a thorough assessment of all relevant facts and circumstances in the individual case.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62014CJ0146