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The detention of asylum-seekers violates The vast majority of asylum-seekers

human rights and refugee protection treaties apprehended by INM are still being held in
in most cases, particularly when detention detention centers for several months or longer
exceeds a few days. in horrific conditions.

In 2017, a Mexican court concluded that No official procedures have been established
detention of asylum-seekers should be an to remove asylum-seekers from detention
exception not the norm. centers.