61Since third-country nationals who, like Ms Affum, have entered the territory of a Member State illegally and who, on that basis, are regarded as staying there illegally therefore fall, under Article 2(1) of Directive 2008/115, and without prejudice to Article 2(2), within the directive’s scope, they must be subject to the common standards and procedures laid down by the directive for the purpose of their removal, as long as their stay has not, as the case may be, been regularised.
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