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Abbreviations and Country Codes |
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Part 1 Introduction |
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1 The Returns Directive against the Background of International and EU Human Rights Law: Setting the Scene |
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3 | (80) |
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1.1 The Returns Directive |
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6 | (29) |
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1.1.1 Presentation of the Returns Directive |
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6 | (12) |
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1.1.1.1 Towards the Adoption of the Directive |
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6 | (5) |
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1.1.1.2 Overview of the Directive |
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11 | (1) |
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1.1.1.2.1 Geographical and Personal Scope of Application of the Directive |
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12 | (1) |
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1.1.1.2.2 The Content of the Directive |
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15 | (3) |
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1.1.2 Instruments Required for the Implementation of the Returns Directive |
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18 | (10) |
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1.1.2.1 Cooperation between the Member States |
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18 | (4) |
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1.1.2.2 Cooperation with Third Countries |
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22 | (6) |
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1.1.3 The Returns Directive within the EU Asylum and Immigration Policy |
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28 | (7) |
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1.2 Sources of the Human Rights Protection in the Context of Expulsion |
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35 | (20) |
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1.2.1 International Human Rights Law |
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35 | (13) |
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1.2.1.1 Responsibility of the EU under International Human Rights Law |
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35 | (3) |
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1.2.1.2 Responsibility of the Member States under International Human Rights Law |
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38 | (1) |
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1.2.1.2.1 Member States' International Human Rights Obligations |
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38 | (1) |
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1.2.1.2.2 The Doctrine of Equivalent Protection |
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47 | (1) |
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1.2.2 EU Human Rights Law |
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48 | (48) |
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1.2.2.1 The General Principles of EU Law |
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50 | (2) |
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1.2.2.2 The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights |
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52 | (2) |
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1.2.2.3 European Convention on Human Rights as a Source of Inspiration |
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54 | (1) |
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1.3 The Need for a Human Rights Assessment of the Returns Directive in the Context of the Recast Process |
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55 | (28) |
Part 2 Return Decision Introduction: The Scheme of Return under EU Law |
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83 | (156) |
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2 Human Rights Impediments to Return |
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95 | (52) |
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95 | (1) |
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2.2 The Principle of Non-Refoulement |
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96 | (28) |
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2.2.1 The Scope of the Principle of Non-Refoulement |
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102 | (10) |
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2.2.2 Implementation of the Principle of Non-Refoulement |
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112 | (12) |
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2.3 Family and Private Life |
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124 | (21) |
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2.3.1 The Scope of the Concepts of Family and Private Life |
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125 | (5) |
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2.3.2 The Implementation of the Right to Respect for Family and Private Life |
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130 | (29) |
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2.3.2.1 The Right to Family and Private Life Barring Return |
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131 | (6) |
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2.3.2.2 The Right to Family and Private Life Implying Regularisation |
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137 | (8) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (51) |
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147 | (1) |
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3.2 Prohibition of Collective Expulsion |
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147 | (8) |
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3.3 The Right to Be Heard prior to Adoption of the Return Decision |
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155 | (4) |
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159 | (25) |
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3.4.1 Accessibility of Remedy |
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161 | (15) |
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3.4.1.1 Access to Information |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (2) |
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3.4.1.3 Legal and Linguistic Assistance |
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168 | (4) |
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3.4.1.4 Accelerated and Border Procedures |
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172 | (4) |
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3.4.2 Effectiveness of Remedy |
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176 | (8) |
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3.5 Additional Child-Specific Safeguards |
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184 | (12) |
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3.5.1 The Right to Be Heard |
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187 | (3) |
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3.5.2 The Guardianship Assistance for Unaccompanied Children |
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190 | (6) |
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196 | (2) |
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4 Social Rights Pending Return |
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198 | (31) |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (6) |
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207 | (4) |
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4.4 Adequate Standard of Living |
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211 | (16) |
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4.4.1 Basic Conditions of Subsistence Addressed in the Preamble of the Directive |
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212 | (8) |
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4.4.2 Can Destitution Entail a Duly to Regularise? |
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220 | (7) |
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227 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Legal Limbo for Non-Deportable People |
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229 | (10) |
Part 3 Re-Entry Ban Introduction: Entry Ban as Pan-European Effect of Return Decision |
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239 | (106) |
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5 Entry Ban in the Light of the Principle of Proportionality |
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241 | (30) |
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241 | (1) |
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5.2 The Nature of Entry Ban |
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242 | (14) |
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5.3 The Schengen-Wide Character of Entry Ban |
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256 | (13) |
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269 | (2) |
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6 Human Rights Impediments to Entry Ban |
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271 | (33) |
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271 | (1) |
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6.2 The Principle of Non-Refoulement |
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272 | (19) |
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6.2.1 Endorsement of the Principle of Non-Refoulement in Relation to Entry Ban |
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272 | (14) |
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6.2.2 Implementation of the Principle of Non-Refoulement in Relation to Entry Ban |
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286 | (5) |
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6.3 Family and Private Life |
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291 | (11) |
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302 | (2) |
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7 Protection of Personal Data Stored in a SIS Alert |
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304 | (29) |
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304 | (4) |
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7.2 The Right to Data Protection |
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308 | (15) |
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7.2.1 The Right to Information |
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313 | (3) |
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7.2.2 The Right of Access |
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316 | (3) |
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7.2.3 The Right to Correction and Deletion of Data |
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319 | (1) |
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7.2.4 The Right to a Remedy |
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320 | (3) |
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7.3 The Right to Private Life |
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323 | (8) |
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331 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Schengen-Wide Entry Ban: a Triple Peine? |
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333 | (12) |
Part 4 Pre-Removal Detention Introduction: Immigration Detention in the Light of the Prohibition of Arbitrary Detention |
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345 | (198) |
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8 Permissibility of Detention |
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351 | (102) |
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351 | (1) |
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8.2 Lawfulness of Detention |
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351 | (39) |
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8.2.1 Procedural Requirements: the Rights of the Defence |
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352 | (7) |
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8.2.2 Substantive Requirements: the Grounds for Detention |
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359 | (31) |
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8.2.2.1 Detention Not Justified under the Returns Directive |
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359 | (1) |
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8.2.2.1.1 Asylum Detention |
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360 | (1) |
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8.2.2.1.2 Criminal Immigration-Related Detention |
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366 | (5) |
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8.2.2.2 Grounds Justifying Detention under the Returns Directive |
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371 | (1) |
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8.2.2.2.1 The Risk of Absconding |
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373 | (1) |
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8.2.2.2.2 Hampering or Avoiding Return |
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380 | (1) |
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383 | (7) |
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8.3 Necessity and Proportionality of Detention |
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390 | (28) |
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8.3.1 Alternatives to Detention |
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391 | (15) |
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8.3.2 The Norm of Non-Detention of Children |
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406 | (12) |
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418 | (26) |
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8.4.1 The Maximum Permissible Duration of Detention |
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418 | (14) |
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8.4.2 Risk of Re-Detention upon the Expiry of the Permissible Length of Detention |
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432 | (12) |
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8.5 Detention at the Border: Out of the Directive's Safeguards? |
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444 | (7) |
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451 | (2) |
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453 | (37) |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (31) |
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9.2.1 Accessibility of Review |
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456 | (15) |
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9.2.1.1 Notification of Detention |
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457 | (4) |
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9.2.1.2 Automatic Character of Review of Detention |
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461 | (1) |
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9.2.1.3 Legal Assistance Free of Charge |
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462 | (6) |
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9.2.1.4 Linguistic Assistance Free of Charge |
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468 | (3) |
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9.2.2 Effectiveness of Review |
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471 | (36) |
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9.2.2.1 The Promptness and Frequency of the Review |
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472 | (5) |
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9.2.2.2 Authority in Charge of Review |
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477 | (2) |
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9.2.2.3 Scope of the Review |
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479 | (2) |
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481 | (4) |
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9.3 Compensation for Unlawful Detention |
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485 | (3) |
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488 | (2) |
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10 Conditions of Detention |
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490 | (42) |
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490 | (2) |
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10.2 Place of Detention and Separation of Different Categories of Detainees |
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492 | (8) |
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10.3 Treatment in Detention and Material Conditions |
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500 | (7) |
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10.4 Specific Categories of Detainees |
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507 | (16) |
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507 | (10) |
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10.4.2 Other Vulnerable Persons |
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517 | (6) |
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10.5 Contact with the Outside World and Independent Monitoring |
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523 | (4) |
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10.6 Complaint Mechanisms and Effective Investigation |
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527 | (3) |
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530 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Externalisation of Immigration Detention |
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532 | (11) |
Part 5 Enforcement of Return Introduction: Enforcement of the Return Decision as the Final Stage of the Return Process |
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543 | (124) |
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11 Mandatory ("Voluntary") Return |
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547 | (29) |
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547 | (4) |
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11.2 "Voluntary" Departure Period |
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551 | (17) |
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11.3 Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes and Ambiguous Role of the IOM |
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568 | (6) |
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574 | (2) |
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576 | (46) |
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576 | (3) |
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579 | (26) |
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12.2.1 Returnee's Medical Condition |
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584 | (3) |
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12.2.2 The Use of Force and Means of Restraint |
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587 | (3) |
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12.2.3 Deportation Personnel |
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590 | (3) |
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12.2.4 Independent Monitoring |
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593 | (7) |
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12.2.5 Complaint Mechanisms and Effective Investigation |
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600 | (5) |
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12.3 Joint Removal Operations |
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605 | (14) |
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12.3.1 Joint Removal Flights under the Council Decision 2004/573 |
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610 | (2) |
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12.3.2 Joint Return Operations Coordinated by Frontex |
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612 | (7) |
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619 | (3) |
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13 Removal to a Transit Country Based on Readmission Agreements |
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622 | (32) |
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622 | (4) |
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13.2 Indirect Refoulement |
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626 | (20) |
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13.2.1 The Concept of Safe Third Country |
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630 | (8) |
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13.2.2 Removal to a Transit Country under the Returns Directive |
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638 | (8) |
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13.3 Collective Expulsion |
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646 | (6) |
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652 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Post-Return Monitoring: a Missing Element |
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654 | (13) |
Part 6 Conclusion |
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14 The Returns Directive: Effectiveness of Return vs. Human Rights Protection |
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667 | (28) |
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14.1 Critical Overview of the EU Return Process |
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668 | (6) |
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14.2 Return Procedures against the Backdrop of International and EU Human Rights Law |
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674 | (12) |
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14.2.1 Risks to Human Rights Protection |
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675 | (4) |
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14.2.1.1 Protection Gaps in the Returns Directive |
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675 | (1) |
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14.2.1.2 Systemic Cross-Cutting Issues |
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676 | (3) |
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14.2.2 Upholding Human Rights Protection |
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679 | (7) |
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14.2.2.1 The Return Process Compliant with Human Rights Standards |
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679 | (3) |
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14.2.2.2 Status of Non-Deportable People and Regularisation Duties |
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682 | (4) |
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14.3.1 The Recast of the Returns Directive |
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686 | (5) |
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14.3.2 The Implementation in Line with States' Human Rights Obligations |
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Annexes |
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Annex 1 Ratifications of International Instruments: United Nations |
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695 | (3) |
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Annex 2 Ratifications of International Instruments: Council of Europe |
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698 | (3) |
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701 | (3) |
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Annex 4 Domestic Legislation Transposing the Returns Directive |
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704 | (2) |
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Annex 5 Return Decisions 2012-2018 |
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706 | (1) |
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Annex 6 Entry Bans 2009-2013 |
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707 | (1) |
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Annex 7 Entry Bans in 2013 |
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708 | (1) |
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Annex 8 Detention Orders in 2013 |
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709 | (1) |
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Annex 9 Maximum Length of Detention Prior to and after the Transposition of the Directive |
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710 | (2) |
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Annex 10 Removals 2012-2018 |
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712 | (2) |
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Annex 11 Voluntary Returns (Numbers and Percentage) 2014-2017 |
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714 | (2) |
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Annex 12 Assisted Returns (Numbers and Percentage) 2014-2017 |
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716 | (1) |
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Annex 13 Forcible Returns (Numbers and Percentage) 2014-2017 |
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717 | (1) |
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Annex 14 Frontex's Return Operations 2006-2017 |
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718 | (1) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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