When can you be detained when entering or staying in Slovenia without legal grounds and how?
State authorities are allowed to detain you when you enter or stay in Slovenia without legal grounds. However, as such detention is a very severe restriction of your liberty, it must be lawful.
The grounds for this detention are explained in the Foreigners Act. Moreover, you must be treated humanely while in detention. Namely, you must be held in appropriate conditions and protected from all forms of abuse. If the detention has not been lawful and you have not been treated humanely, human rights such as the right to liberty and security, the right to life, the prohibition of torture and the right to private life may be affected.
About this section
This Guide will explain the grounds on which you may be lawfully detained, how you may be detained, the basic rights you enjoy during detention, how the place of detention should look like and the way you must be treated. It will also explain how you can complain about issues related to your detention.