Key legal question
Whether detention pending removal under Art. 13b LSEE was justified because of a serious risk of flight.
Extracted holding
Yes. The applicant had no valid travel documents, had not complied with the departure order, and his conduct showed an intention to evade removal.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the applicant's claim that he was willing to leave was not credible. A mere photocopy of a passport did not replace an original travel document, and he had not shown serious efforts to obtain one. His involvement in a criminal investigation further supported the inference that he would abscond, so detention was necessary to secure enforcement of the removal order.