Key legal question
Whether the extension of removal detention under Art. 13b ANAG was lawful.
Extracted holding
Yes. The detention remained lawful because the appellant refused to return, gave inconsistent identity and origin details, refused contact with the presumed home-state mission, and thus presented a flight risk; the authorities were still pursuing removal with due diligence.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the detention served the statutory purpose of securing removal, that flight risk under Art. 13b(1)(c) ANAG was established, and that difficulties in executing removal did not make it unforeseeable or unlawful under Art. 13c(5)(a) ANAG. The law also permits extended detention up to the statutory maximum if removal is being pursued.