Risk of absconding – EU Migration Pact information

Reception Directive:
Recital 20

Where there is a risk that an applicant may abscond or where it is necessary to ensure that restrictions to an applicant’s freedom of movement are respected, Member States could require applicants to report to the competent authorities at a specified time or at reasonable intervals, without disproportionately affecting the rights of applicants under this […]

Reception Directive:
Article 2 – Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘application for international protection’ or ‘application’ means a request for protection from a Member State made by a third-country national or a stateless person who can be understood to be seeking refugee status or subsidiary protection status; (2) ‘applicant’ means a third-country national or […]

Reception Directive:
Article 9 – Restrictions of freedom of movement

1. Where necessary, Member States may decide that an applicant is allowed to reside only in a specific place that is adapted for housing applicants, for reasons of public order or to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding, where there is a risk of absconding, in particular with regard to: (a) applicants who are required […]

Reception Directive:
Article 10 – Detention

1. Member States shall not hold a person in detention for the sole reason that that person is an applicant or on the basis of the nationality of that applicant. The detention shall be based only on one or more of the grounds for detention set out in paragraph 4. The detention shall not be […]