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TRAPPED BETWEEN TRAPPED BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, PRISON AND FREEDOM-IN- PRISON AND FREEDOM-IN- LIMBO LIMBO Presentation by CHARLES GOSME (Ph.D. Presentation by CHARLES GOSME (Ph.D. Candidate at Sciences Po
INTRODUCTION
EL DRIDI EL DRIDI ACHUGHBABIAN ACHUGHBABIAN COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU (2011 rulings) COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU (2011 rulings)
PARTIAL DECRIMINALISATION OF ILLEGAL STAY PARTIAL DECRIMINALISATION OF ILLEGAL STAY
ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS
RESIDUAL CATEGORY
PERMISSIBLE TARGETS OF IMPRISONMENT PERMISSIBLE TARGETS OF IMPRISONMENT
PART I : THREE SANCTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL STAY PART I : THREE SANCTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL STAY PART II : NON-REMOVABLE PERSONS AND THE COURT'S RESIDUAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGAL RESIDENTS PART II : NON-REMOVABLE PERSONS AND THE COURT'S RESIDUAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGAL RESIDENTS PART III : THE RESIDUAL CATEGORY TRAPPED BETWEEN THE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, PRISON, AND FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO PART III : THE RESIDUAL CATEGORY TRAPPED BETWEEN THE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, PRISON, AND FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO PART IV : CONVERGING FUNCTIONS OF THESE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES PART IV : CONVERGING FUNCTIONS OF THESE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES CONCLUSION : EU STATES VERSUS NON-COOPERATIVE EXHAUSTED-RETURNEES
PART I : THREE SANCTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL STAY PART I : THREE SANCTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL STAY
REMOVAL REMOVAL PRISON PRISON SANCTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL STAY SANCTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL STAY EXCLUSION FROM RIGHTS ATTACHED TO LEGAL RESIDENCE EXCLUSION FROM RIGHTS ATTACHED TO LEGAL RESIDENCE IMMIGRATION SANCTIONS IMMIGRATION SANCTIONS CRIMINAL SANCTIONS (national competence) CRIMINAL SANCTIONS (national competence) COLLATERAL SANCTIONS COLLATERAL SANCTIONS
COURT OF JUSTICE RULINGS COURT OF JUSTICE RULINGS SHIFTING THE NEXUS BETWEEN SANCTIONS OF REMOVAL AND IMPRISONMENT SHIFTING THE NEXUS BETWEEN SANCTIONS OF REMOVAL AND IMPRISONMENT
IMPRISONMENT IMPRISONMENT
1) ILLEGAL RESIDENT SUBJECTED TO EVERY STAGE OF THE REMOVAL PROCEDURE 2) RELEASED FOLLOWING MAXIMUM PERIOD OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION 3) NO JUSTIFIED GROUND OF NON-RETURN
PART II : NON-REMOVABLE PERSONS AND THE COURT'S RESIDUAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGAL RESIDENTS PART II : NON-REMOVABLE PERSONS AND THE COURT'S RESIDUAL CATEGORY OF ILLEGAL RESIDENTS
LEGAL OBSTACLES LEGAL OBSTACLES PRACTICAL OBSTACLES PRACTICAL OBSTACLES POLICY OBSTACLES POLICY OBSTACLES
ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS WHO CANNOT BE REMOVED ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS WHO CANNOT BE REMOVED
Eurostat (2009) : 311,205 out of 563,995 removal orders not carried out Eurostat (2009) : 311,205 out of 563,995 removal orders not carried out Eurostat (2010) : 280,800 out of 505,140 removal orders not carried out Eurostat (2010) : 280,800 out of 505,140 removal orders not carried out
ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS WHO CANNOT BE REMOVED ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS WHO CANNOT BE REMOVED
NEXUS ?
REGULARISATION, POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL, ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION REGULARISATION, POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL, ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION
ILLEGAL RESIDENCE ILLEGAL RESIDENCE
- EXHAUSTED-
RETURN
- EXHAUSTED-
RETURN
- INFORMALLY
POSTPONED-REMOVAL
- INFORMALLY
POSTPONED-REMOVAL
- FORMALLY POSTPONED-
REMOVAL
- FORMALLY POSTPONED-
REMOVAL TOLERATED RESIDENCE TOLERATED RESIDENCE LEGAL RESIDENCE LEGAL RESIDENCE
(-HYBRID LEGAL/TOLERATED STATUS) (-HYBRID LEGAL/TOLERATED STATUS)
SPECTRUM BETWEEN ILLEGAL AND LEGAL STAY
NON-REMOVABLE ON LEGAL GROUNDS NON-REMOVABLE ON LEGAL GROUNDS
DISCRETIONARY REGULARISATION DISCRETIONARY REGULARISATION DEFAULT : FORMAL POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL DEFAULT : FORMAL POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL DEFAULT : INFORMAL POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL DEFAULT : INFORMAL POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL UNLAWFUL REMOVAL UNLAWFUL REMOVAL
NON-REMOVABLE ON PRACTICAL GROUNDS NON-REMOVABLE ON PRACTICAL GROUNDS
DISCRETIONARY REGULARISATION DISCRETIONARY REGULARISATION DISCRETIONARY POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL DISCRETIONARY POSTPONEMENT OF REMOVAL EXHAUSTION OF RETURN PROCEDURE EXHAUSTION OF RETURN PROCEDURE EFFECTIVE REMOVAL EFFECTIVE REMOVAL
NON-REMOVABLE ON PRACTICAL GROUNDS NON-REMOVABLE ON PRACTICAL GROUNDS COOPERATIVE RETURNEES COOPERATIVE RETURNEES COOPERATIVE RETURNEES NON-COOPERATIVE RETURNEES NON-COOPERATIVE RETURNEES
RESIDUAL CATEGORY RESIDUAL CATEGORY
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NON-COOPERATIVE EXHAUSTED-RETURNEES NON-COOPERATIVE EXHAUSTED-RETURNEES
DIFFERENT ENTITLEMENTS OF LEGAL RESIDENTS, TOLERATED RESIDENTS AND EXHAUSTED-RETURNEES DIFFERENT ENTITLEMENTS OF LEGAL RESIDENTS, TOLERATED RESIDENTS AND EXHAUSTED-RETURNEES LEGAL RESIDENTS LEGAL RESIDENTS FAIR TREATMENT (EU TREATY GOAL) FAIR TREATMENT (EU TREATY GOAL) POSTPONED-REMOVAL STATUS POSTPONED-REMOVAL STATUS PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE, FAMILY UNITY, ACCESS OF MINORS TO EDUCATION (RETURN DIRECTIVE) PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE, FAMILY UNITY, ACCESS OF MINORS TO EDUCATION (RETURN DIRECTIVE) EXHAUSTED-RETURN STATUS EXHAUSTED-RETURN STATUS NO MENTION IN RETURN DIRECTIVE OR ANY OTHER LEGISLATION NO MENTION IN RETURN DIRECTIVE OR ANY OTHER LEGISLATION
PART III : THE RESIDUAL CATEGORY TRAPPED BETWEEN THE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, PRISON, AND FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO PART III : THE RESIDUAL CATEGORY TRAPPED BETWEEN THE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, PRISON, AND FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO
EXHAUSTED-RETURNEES ALREADY MOST VULNERABLE CATEGORY OF NON-REMOVABLE PERSONS REPEATED CYCLES OF ARREST- DETENTION-RELEASE FREEDOM IN A LIMBO OF EXCLUSION FROM REGULARISATION AND FORMAL TOLERATION CIMADE 2010 Report : many persons successively placed in detention between 5 and 15 times CIMADE 2010 Report : many persons successively placed in detention between 5 and 15 times European Court of Justice KADZOEV case
COURT OF JUSTICE RULINGS REFLECT TREND IN CERTAIN EU STATES WHERE ILLEGAL STAY CAN LEAD TO IMPRISONMENT COURT OF JUSTICE RULINGS REFLECT TREND IN CERTAIN EU STATES WHERE ILLEGAL STAY CAN LEAD TO IMPRISONMENT TREND IN RECENT YEARS TOWARDS FOCUSING PROSECUTIONS ON ILLEGAL RESIDENTS WHO HAMPER THEIR REMOVAL PROCEDURE TREND IN RECENT YEARS TOWARDS FOCUSING PROSECUTIONS ON ILLEGAL RESIDENTS WHO HAMPER THEIR REMOVAL PROCEDURE France : « penal guidelines » circulars adopted in 2006 and 2011 France : « penal guidelines » circulars adopted in 2006 and 2011 UK : Legal Services Commission, Simple cautions for foreign national offenders: pilot policy statement, 29 November 2010 UK : Legal Services Commission, Simple cautions for foreign national offenders: pilot policy statement, 29 November 2010 Germany : EMN Contact Point's Response to Ad Hoc Query Germany : EMN Contact Point's Response to Ad Hoc Query
FRENCH CASE-STUDY
Administrative detention Administrative detention Prison Prison Freedom-in-limbo Freedom-in-limbo
CIMADE REPORT : 33692 illegal residents placed in administrative detention centres in 2010 CIMADE REPORT : 33692 illegal residents placed in administrative detention centres in 2010 Justice Dept Statistics (prov.) : 3700 persons convicted for the crime of illegal entry/stay in 2010 Justice Dept Statistics (prov.) : 3700 persons convicted for the crime of illegal entry/stay in 2010 CIMADE REPORT : 24018 persons left administrative Detention in 2010 CIMADE REPORT : 24018 persons left administrative Detention in 2010
FRENCH CASE-STUDY
Administrative detention Administrative detention Prison Prison CIMADE REPORT :
634 persons
In 2010
- ut of 24018 who left
CIMADE REPORT :
634 persons
In 2010
- ut of 24018 who left
Prosecuted for hampering removal Prison sentences ranging from 1 to 4 months Prison sentences ranging from 1 to 4 months
FRENCH CASE-STUDY
Foreign prisoners under an obligation to leave Foreign prisoners under an obligation to leave Administrative detention Administrative detention CIMADE REPORT :
1070 persons
in 2010 in France CIMADE REPORT :
1070 persons
in 2010 in France Fleury Mérogis Prison Fleury Mérogis Prison Administrative detention Administrative detention Release Release 50% chance 50% chance 50% chance 50% chance
FRENCH CASE-STUDY
Administrative detention Administrative detention Prison Prison Freedom-in-limbo Freedom-in-limbo WEAK MECHANISMS FOR REGULARISING AND FORMALLY TOLERATING PERSONS WHO CANNOT BE REMOVED ON PRACTICAL GROUNDS WEAK MECHANISMS FOR REGULARISING AND FORMALLY TOLERATING PERSONS WHO CANNOT BE REMOVED ON PRACTICAL GROUNDS A CRIMINAL RECORD OFTEN ACTS AS A DISQUALIFIER UNDER BOTH REGULARISATION MECHANISMS AND PROGRAMMES A CRIMINAL RECORD OFTEN ACTS AS A DISQUALIFIER UNDER BOTH REGULARISATION MECHANISMS AND PROGRAMMES
FRENCH CASE-STUDY
2007 CIMADE Report : narrative of M.J. AD AD FIL FIL P P AD AD REMOVAL TO ALGERIA AD AD P P FIL FIL AD AD FIL FIL AD AD FIL FIL FINAL RELEASE FINAL RELEASE
PROBLEMS WITH THE LINE SEPARATING THE COURT'S RESIDUAL CATEGORY FROM ALL OTHER ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS PROBLEMS WITH THE LINE SEPARATING THE COURT'S RESIDUAL CATEGORY FROM ALL OTHER ILLEGALLY STAYING THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS DISTINCTION BETWEEN LEGAL/PRACTICAL OBSTACLES TO REMOVAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN LEGAL/PRACTICAL OBSTACLES TO REMOVAL Procedural manipulability Procedural manipulability DISTINCTION BETWEEN JUSITIFIED / UNJUSTIFIED GROUNDS OF NON-RETURN DISTINCTION BETWEEN JUSITIFIED / UNJUSTIFIED GROUNDS OF NON-RETURN CIMADE 2010 REPORT : persons were convicted for hampering removal when practical obstacles were beyond their control CIMADE 2010 REPORT : persons were convicted for hampering removal when practical obstacles were beyond their control
PART IV : CONVERGING FUNCTIONS OF THESE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES PART IV : CONVERGING FUNCTIONS OF THESE THREE EXCLUSIONARY SPACES
JULIET STUMPF JULIET STUMPF
CONVERGENCE OF IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL LAW IN THE US (SIMILARITIES IN THE EU) CONVERGENCE OF IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL LAW IN THE US (SIMILARITIES IN THE EU) CONVERGENCE OF MOTIVATIONAL IDEOLOGIES BEHIND IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS CONVERGENCE OF MOTIVATIONAL IDEOLOGIES BEHIND IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS
EXTENSION OF JULIET STUMPF'S CONVERGENCE THESIS IN MY ARTICLE EXTENSION OF JULIET STUMPF'S CONVERGENCE THESIS IN MY ARTICLE
CONVERGING FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, PRISON AND FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO IN THEIR COMBINED APPLICATION AGAINST THE RESIDUAL CATEGORY CONVERGING FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION, PRISON AND FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO IN THEIR COMBINED APPLICATION AGAINST THE RESIDUAL CATEGORY 3 SPACES OF MEMBERSHIP EXCLUSION 3 SPACES OF MEMBERSHIP EXCLUSION
ALL THREE SPACES CORRESPOND TO INTERNAL SEGREGATION AND EXCLUSION ALL THREE SPACES CORRESPOND TO INTERNAL SEGREGATION AND EXCLUSION
Administrative detention Administrative detention Prison Prison Freedom-in-limbo Freedom-in-limbo PHYSICAL CONFINEMENT AND SEGREGATION WITHIN SOCIETY PHYSICAL CONFINEMENT AND SEGREGATION WITHIN SOCIETY EXTENSIVE SOCIETAL DISCRIMINATION OUTSIDE DETENTION EXTENSIVE SOCIETAL DISCRIMINATION OUTSIDE DETENTION
PUNISHMENT PUNISHMENT DETERRENCE DETERRENCE INCAPACITATION INCAPACITATION CURBED-EXPENDITURE CURBED-EXPENDITURE SELECTION SELECTION EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE ENHANCED REMOVABILITY ENHANCED REMOVABILITY
PLAUSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF THE 3 EXCLUSIONARY SPACES PLAUSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF THE 3 EXCLUSIONARY SPACES
FUNCTIONS THAT SERVE TO PROTECT : FUNCTIONS THAT SERVE TO PROTECT :
TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY SYSTEM INTEGRITY SYSTEM INTEGRITY SYSTEM GOALS : SOCIO-ECONOMIC, SECURITY …. SYSTEM GOALS : SOCIO-ECONOMIC, SECURITY ….
FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION
PUNISHMENT PUNISHMENT INCAPACITATION & ENHANCED REMOVABILITY INCAPACITATION & ENHANCED REMOVABILITY
Part of deportation retribution Part of deportation retribution Most coercive pre-return measure Most coercive pre-return measure Mimics criminal detention Mimics criminal detention Prevent non-compliance with return measures Prevent non-compliance with return measures Public order and « pauperism control » (Arjen Leerkes and Dennis
Broeders)
Public order and « pauperism control » (Arjen Leerkes and Dennis
Broeders)
Absconding and hampering Absconding and hampering
FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION
DETERRENCE & ENHANCED REMOVABILITY DETERRENCE & ENHANCED REMOVABILITY EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE
Deter obstructive strategies Send a signal (Claire Rodier and
Isabelle Saint-Saëns)
Send a signal (Claire Rodier and
Isabelle Saint-Saëns)
SPECTACLE VERSUS EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE
(Juliet Stumpf ; Claire Rodier and Isabelle Saint-Saëns)
Return Directive : extension of detention essentially targets non-cooperative persons Return Directive : extension of detention essentially targets non-cooperative persons e.g. German EMN National Contact Point
FUNCTIONS OF IMPRISONMENT OF RESIDUAL CATEGORY FUNCTIONS OF IMPRISONMENT OF RESIDUAL CATEGORY
PUNISHMENT / RETRIBUTION PUNISHMENT / RETRIBUTION INCAPACITATION INCAPACITATION SELECTION (ADDED) SELECTION (ADDED) EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE
Against transgression of territorial sovereignty and resistance to enforcement
- f that sovereignty
Against transgression of territorial sovereignty and resistance to enforcement
- f that sovereignty
Picks where administrative detention left off Picks where administrative detention left off A spectacle which even left wing governments often hesitate to let go of Disqualification from eligibility for regularisation Disqualification from eligibility for regularisation
FUNCTIONS OF IMPRISONMENT OF RESIDUAL CATEGORY FUNCTIONS OF IMPRISONMENT OF RESIDUAL CATEGORY
DETERRENCE / ENHANCED REMOVABILITY DETERRENCE / ENHANCED REMOVABILITY
Achughbabian ruling Achughbabian ruling
Court of Justice's explicit reference to this function Court of Justice's explicit reference to this function Member States' dramatic position Member States' dramatic position Prison as a
negative incentive
Prison as a
negative incentive
Against deliberate hampering/delaying of removal Against deliberate hampering/delaying of removal E.G. UK ROSTAMI case Iranian detainee frequently threatened with prison in the event of continued non-compliance Iranian detainee frequently threatened with prison in the event of continued non-compliance Bounced about between prison and administrative detention for 3 YEARS
FUNCTIONS OF FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO FOR RESIDUAL CATEGORY FUNCTIONS OF FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO FOR RESIDUAL CATEGORY
PUNISHMENT PUNISHMENT DETERRENCE DETERRENCE
Not rewarding « illegal » behaviour with the benefits of legal or tolerated residence Not rewarding « illegal » behaviour with the benefits of legal or tolerated residence Deter « speculative » hampering of removal Deter « speculative » hampering of removal Explicit function according to British and Maltese delegations in a Council Working Party Meeting relating to the Return Directive Explicit function according to British and Maltese delegations in a Council Working Party Meeting relating to the Return Directive Germany : non-cooperative persons are excluded from the long- term prospect of regularisation, from higher social welfare benefits, and from formal access to employment (EMN Contact Point's Response to Query) Germany : non-cooperative persons are excluded from the long- term prospect of regularisation, from higher social welfare benefits, and from formal access to employment (EMN Contact Point's Response to Query)
FUNCTIONS OF FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO FOR RESIDUAL CATEGORY FUNCTIONS OF FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO FOR RESIDUAL CATEGORY
ENHANCED REMOVABILITY ENHANCED REMOVABILITY EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE STATE
“Host States must be like a cheap hotel room— decent enough to consider spending a night, but not the kind of place one would want to call home” (Matuhew Gibney) “Host States must be like a cheap hotel room— decent enough to consider spending a night, but not the kind of place one would want to call home” (Matuhew Gibney) Regularisation and formal toleration as visible weaknesses
- f territorial sovereignty
Council Document 8980/11 on
State practces regarding toleraton : SECRECY
Council Document 8980/11 on
State practces regarding toleraton : SECRECY
FUNCTIONS OF FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO FOR RESIDUAL CATEGORY FUNCTIONS OF FREEDOM-IN-LIMBO FOR RESIDUAL CATEGORY
CURBED-EXPENDITURE (ADDED) CURBED-EXPENDITURE (ADDED) SELECTION SELECTION