Countries are suspending immigration detention due to coronavirus. Let’s keep it that way ǀ View | Euronews
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Perhaps one of the most forward-thinking elements of Spain’s response to COVID-19 was the decision to empty immigration detention centres. Spain has one of the highest death tolls in the world, and the country has recorded over 200,000 confirmed cases. On 14 March, the Spanish government declared a state of emergency and the population was ordered inside. Within a month, most of Spain’s immigration detention centres were empty and, at the time of writing, the immigrant detainee population on the Spanish mainland stood at just three.