This database entry is part of a case-law database: EU: Standards and Case-law on (alternatives to) detention of migrant children.

Administrative Court of Sofia, Decision No. 5661, 11 October 2021

At the time the detention order was issued, the individual did not possess an identity document, and such a document was later issued under unclear factual circumstances. The personal data of the foreign national were recorded following an interview conducted in a non-native language that the individual did not speak proficiently. As a result, the exact age of the foreign national was not established. In violation of Article 44, paragraph 9 of the Law on Foreigners, an unaccompanied minor was forcibly placed under the authority of the State Migration Service. The court therefore annulled the immigration detention order. 

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