Immigration Detention in Germany
October 2014
http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/countries/europe/germany/introduction.html
Germany's immigration detention regime contrasts sharply with those of its EU neighbours: It makes widespread use of prisons to hold migrant detainees and responsibility for detention is at the level of state--rather than federal--authorities. The decentralized nature of the system can present significant challenges in getting information about detention practices and establishing accountability. For instance, federal officials say that they do not have statistics on immigration detention and some state (Länder) authorities have claimed that information about this issue is "sensitive." The country's detention policies were the subject of recent ground-breaking legal cases at the Court of Justice of the European Union, which ruled that Germany cannot rely on the fact that there are no dedicated immigration detention facilities in most Länder to justify keeping non-citizens in prison pending their removal. On the other hand, the numbers of detainees in the country have sharply fallen in recent years. One official told the Global Detention Project, "There are important discussions going on right now in Germany about whether we should be detaining immigrants at all."
See: http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/countries/europe/germany/introduction.html
Contact:
Dr. Michael Flynn
Executive Director
Global Detention Project
Geneva, Switzerland
+41 (0) 22 548 14 01
http://www.globaldetentionproject.org
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