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Questioning the necessity of pre-removal detention: the Case of Spain
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Detention has increasingly been used as the main strategy across Europe to prevent foreign
citizens from absconding while pending for deportation. Yet, this is a highly contested
measure as it often implies breaching several human and migrant rights. In Spain, civil
society has a long tradition of advocating for the closure of all pre-removal detention centres
for foreigners, known locally as CIEs -the Centro de Internamiento de Extranjeros-. But is this
a realistic possibility within Spain's current politico-legal framework? Grounded the data
gathered and analysis of the first two research stages of MORE, in this blog post, we argue
that abolishing pre-removal detention is a viable option.
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TUNABOYLU, Sevda, RUÉ, Alèxia and JUBANY, Olga. Questioning the necessity of pre-removal detention: the Case of Spain. Report from the MORE Project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Programme (Grant agreement ID: 101094107). [consulted: 16 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/220992