74The purpose of detention measures, within the meaning of Directive 2008/115, Directive 2013/33 and Regulation No 604/2013, is not the prosecution or punishment of criminal offences, but the achievement of the objectives pursued by those instruments with regard to return, examination of applications for international protection and transfer of third-country nationals, respectively.
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