'Close migrants no longer'

strasbourg - The European trend to detain asylum seekers and migrants must be reversed. That allowed human rights commissioner Nils Muiznieks of the Council of Europe on Tuesday.

Detention according Muiznieks a profound violation of the right to freedom of migrants. He points out that experts confirm that it has harmful effects on the mental health of migrants. Especially children often experienced detention as 'shocking and even traumatizing. '

The human rights commissioner says that European countries often imprison migrants to stop them or for them to come off. This is done according to him, including in Greece after the EU-Turkey deal.

Muznieks advocates alternatives, such as surveillance, lighter restriction of liberty or a notification. He says that during his visits to EU countries, including the Netherlands, have insisted on.