When can you be detained when seeking asylum in Ukraine and how?
State authorities are allowed to detain you when you arrive in Ukraine to apply for asylum. However, as detention is a very severe restriction of your liberty, detention in an asylum context is only permitted in specific situations and following the procedure prescribed by law.
The grounds for this detention are explained in the Law of Ukraine “On the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Persons” and in the Instruction on the Procedure for Holding Foreigners and Stateless Persons in Temporary Holding Facilities.
While in detention, you must be treated humanely. This means you must be held in appropriate conditions and protected from all forms of abuse. If your detention was unlawful or you were not treated in a humane manner, fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine — such as the right to liberty and security of a person, the right to life, the prohibition of torture, and the right to private life — may have been violated.
About this Section
This section will explain the grounds on which you may be detained and how for the detention to be lawful, the basic rights you have during the detention, where you will stay and how you must be treated. It will also explain how you can complain about the issues related to your detention.