CJEU: Asylum-seekers must be able to effectively express their views regarding classified information that led to the deprivation of refugee status on grounds of national security and the determining authority must be able to carry out its own assessment of the circumstances

ECtHR H.K. v. Hungary: Violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention and Article 13 ECHR for the applicant’s collective expulsion to Serbia

ECtHR: O.M. and D.S. v. Ukraine: The Court found a violation of Article 3 ECHR due to the ill-treatment of the Kyrgyz asylum-seekers in Kyiv Airport

ECtHR W v. France: The Court found that the execution of a deportation order in relation to a Russian national of Chechen origin violated Article 3 ECHR

ECtHR R v. France: The Court found a violation of Article 3 ECHR due to inadequate risk assessment prior to the deportation of a refugee to Chechnya

The ELENA network extends across most European states and involves some 500 lawyers and legal counsellors. The network is coordinated by the Secretariat of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) in Brussels in close consultation with the ELENA National Coordinators from 36 European countries. National co-ordinators of the network include legal practitioners, legal academics and legal officers in ECRE member organisations.