The publication was created in the framework of the project ” Monitoring the validity and reliability of the decisions regarding placement of persons applying for refugee status in guarded centers and detention centers for the purpose of expulsion,” funded by the Stefan Batory Foundation under the program Democracy in Action.

The report contains an introduction and five sections: Detention of foreigners and international standards of Human Rights protection (Tomasz Sieniow), Judicial practice of the use of detention of foreigners in Poland (Teresa Dębowczyk, Joanna Oleszkowicz), Conclusions and recommendations (Tomasz Sieniow) Recommendations of the UNHCR concerning detention (translation of Klara Tomaszek), and provisions relating to the placing of foreigners in guarded centers in the law on foreigners (version from March 6, 2013.).

A very important part of the report is developed in the UNHCR recommendations on alternatives to the use of detention against persons applying for refugee status.