Too often, the presumption of liberty required by EU and international law is reversed and non-citizens in an irregular situation are instead required to contest a “presumption of detention.”35 Through the implementation of their pilot, CLA-Voice in Bulgaria has regular contact with the Ministry of the Interior and there is a willingness to collaborate on the part of the authorities. [...] Whilst the reduction in the numbers of people being held in immigration detention in Canada is partly attributable to a drop in people arriving during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is also believed that the introduction of expanded ATD has contributed to this drop.46 In particular, the CCMS approach provides people with most of the support that they need to live in the community with rights and dignit. [...] One important factor was the cost of the programme, which was $50 USD and as a result was widely accessible.148 In October 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion signed a Protocol149 setting the basis for coordinated whole-of-government and whole-of-society action in guaranteeing the protection of the rig. [...] In order to address gaps and integrate learnings over the past four years, Ecuador is currently reviewing and updating the Protocol and related tools.156 There are concerns that the 2021 reform of the Law on Human Mobility might reopen the door to some residual use of detention in order to enforce expulsion decisions.157 The reform does not restate the use of detention per se but has removed the e. [...] The numbers of refugees and people seeking asylum in immigration detention has also been very low, since the issuance of the 2018 Circular Note of the Directorate General of Immigration-Ministry of Law and Human Rights on Restoring the Function of Immigration Detention Centres.275At the same time, Australian government funding in Indonesia was reduced, leading to shifts in the country’s approaches.
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