Netherlands: District Court of the Hague rules on the scope of judicial review in asylum proceedings following the CJEU judgments in Quotal and Ebilum

Germany: Higher Administrative Court rules that compulsory military service in Russia does not in itself warrant subsidiary protection

CJEU: Discretionary clause under the Dublin III Regulation also applies where responsibility is determined under the residual criterion

ECtHR: Inadequate reception and living conditions for asylum applicants in Greece violate Article 3 ECHR

ECtHR: Communicated cases concerning denial of access to asylum procedures and removal of Afghan nationals from Poland to Afghanistan

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.