Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the prolongation of enforcement detention remained proportionate after roughly 20 months of detention.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Although the legal prerequisites for detention were still met, the lower court could conclude that continued detention had become disproportionate because no realistic improvement in cooperation or removal prospects was to be expected.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that detention under Art. 78 AuG is a last resort and must always remain proportionate. The longer the detention lasts and the less foreseeable removal becomes, the stricter the proportionality review must be. Here, the respondent had repeatedly refused cooperation, his identity was still unresolved, and the authorities could no longer advance removal by any further meaningful measures. In these circumstances, the lower court stayed within its margin of appreciation by refusing another extension.