Annex: Legal provisions EU Member State Detention allowed? IT no Legislative decree No. 286/1998 (Testo unico sull’immigrazione) as amended in March 2017, Article 19 (1-bis), which prohibits expulsion and consequently also detention of unaccompanied children LT yes Law on the Legal Status of Aliens (Įstatymo dėl užsieniečių teisinės padėties), Article 114 (4) LU yes Act on free movement of persons and immigration (Loi du 29 août 2008 sur la libre circulation des personnes et l’immigration), 10 September 2008, Article 120 LV yes Immigration Law (Imigrācijas likums), Article 51 (1) MT yes Return Regulation, Article 10 NL yes Netherlands, Aliens Circular 2000 A (Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 A), Para. A5/2.4 PL yes Act on Foreigners (Ustawa o cudzoziemcach), Article 397 no Act on the legal regime of entry, permanence, exit and removal of foreigners from national territory (Lei que aprova o regime jurídico de entrada, permanência, saída e afastamento de estrangeiros do território nacional), Article 146 (1), read together with Article 146A (3) RO yes Law 272/2004 on the protection and promotion of children’s rights (Legea 272/2004 privind protectia si promovarea drepturilor copilului), Article 68, read together with of Emergency Ordinance No. 194/2002 on the legal regime of aliens in Romania (Ordonanţa de urgenta privind regimul străinilor în România), Article 131 (b) SE yes Aliens Act (Utlänningslag 2005:716), as amended, Chapter 10 (3) SI yes Aliens Act (Zakon o tujcih, ZTuj-2), Articles 76 and 82 (6), as interpreted by Constitutional Court (Ustavno sodišče) case Up-1116/09-22 of 3 March 2011 SK no Law No. 404/2011 Coll. on Residence of Aliens (Zákon o pobyte cudzincov), Article 88 (8) UK yes Immigration Act 2014, 14 May 2014, Section 5 PT Legal source Length of detention pending removal EU Member State National legislation AT Police Act, Fremdenpolizeigesetz 2005, Fassung vom 18.04.2017, Section 80 (2) 2 BE Aliens Act, Loi du 15 Décembre 1980 sur l’accès au territoire, le séjour, l’établissement et l’éloignement des étrangers, Article 74/6 BG Law on Foreigners, (Закон за чужденците), last amended 27 December 2016 Article 44 (8) CY Cyprus, Aliens and Immigration Law (Ο περί Αλλοδαπών και Μεταναστεύσεως Νόμος), Cap 105, Article 18ΠΣΤ (7) and (8) CZ Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals (Zákon č. 326/1999 Sb. o pobytu cizinců na území České republiky), Section 125 (1) DE Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz), last amended on 22 December 2016 (BGBl. I S. 3155), Section 62 (4) DK Aliens Act, Consolidation Act No. 863 of 25 June 2013, Section 37 (8) EE Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act (OLPEA), Väljasõidukohustuse ja sissesõidukeelu Seadus, Section 23(1), 25(1) Obligation to Leave and Prohibition on Entry Act (OLPEA), Väljasõidukohustuse ja sissesõidukeelu Seadus, section 23(1), 25(1); The 2005 Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens (AGIPA), Välismaalasele rahvusvahelise kaitse andmise Seadus, Section 36 (2) EL Law 3907/2011, Article 30 (5) and (6) 107