Developing the Global Compact on Migration 2016, para. 123j
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[The global compact should:] Ensure that the detention of migrants is always a measure of last resort, permissible only when reasonable, necessary and proportionate, decided on a case-by-case basis, and enforced for the shortest possible period of time; develop rights-based alternatives to detention for most cases; and ensure that migrant children and families with children are never, ever, detained for reasons relating to their administrative immigration status.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants