وفي أثناء ذلك، تُصنف فئات برمتها من السكان، بحق أو بغير حق، على أنها تشكل خطرا محتملاً، بما يكفي لجعلها عرضة للاحتجاز الإداري المطول.
Some countries routinely detain anyone found on or entering their territory illegally, while others just as routinely denigrate or lock up victims of slavery or trafficking in migrants; at the same time, entire populations are rightly or wrongly assessed as potentially dangerous and, solely for that reason, risk being subjected to lengthy administrative detention.