Families with children and unaccompanied minors who do not have a legal right to be in the EU can be detained, but it will be for the shortest appropriate period of time.
Clarifying detention policies for vulnerable groups.
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This legislation does not create a European version of ICE in the US or the Rwanda system in the UK, saying that this was misinformation.
We need a fair and firm system, that will protect those who need international protection, but will be firm with those who do not have a legal right to stay in the EU and will make sure to enforce the law.
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