Belgium: Brussel’s Court ruled that Belgium violates the Civil Code by not guaranteeing asylum seekers’ rights to seek asylum and receive reception and by failing to enforce judicial decisions

29 Jun 2023 | News

On the 29th of June 2023, the Brussels Court ruled in its judgment no. 2022/4618/A. The case concerns a collective complaint by several organisations claiming that since the end of the summer of 2021, the reception network of the Federal Agency for the Reception of...

CJEU: Third-country parent of dependent EU citizen child, who has never lived in the EU, has a right of residence provided that the child resides with him in the Member State of his nationality

22 Jun 2023 | News

On the 22nd of June 2023, the CJEU delivered its judgment C‑459/20. The case concerned X who legally resided in the Netherlands where she was married to A, a Dutch national, with whom she had a child with Dutch nationality. The child was born in Thailand where he has...

ECtHR: Poland’s deportation of Belarusian national allegedly posing a threat to national security violates the ECHR by not respecting his procedural rights

22 Jun 2023 | News

On the 22th of June 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in its judgment no. 1103/16. The case concerned the expulsion of a Belarusian national with a permanent residence permit in Poland. The authorities decided to expel him as his stay would...

Poland: Poland’s Supreme Court rules on detention of asylum applicants and highlights the primacy of the best interest of the child

20 Jun 2023 | News

On the 20th of June 2023, the Polish Supreme Court issued its judgment II KK 148/22. The case concerned a Russian mother, R.Z., who applied for asylum in Poland but moved to Germany, from where she was subsequently returned back to Poland with her newborn daughter....

ECtHR: The living conditions in Moria hotspot, Greece, violated Articles 3 and 13 ECHR

13 Jun 2023 | News

On the 13th of June 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in its judgment H.A. and others v Greece, no. 4892/18 and 4920/18. The case concerned, inter alia, the living conditions of 67 third-country applicants staying in the Moria hotspot and...

ECtHR communicated cases: Compatibility of Poland’s returns, living conditions on the Polish-Belarusian border and available remedies with ECHR

12 Jun 2023 | News

On the 12th and 19th of June 2023, the ECtHR communicated two cases on the Polish-Belarusian border (nos. 12752/22, 15182/22 and 40833/22). The cases concern eleven foreigners, including minors, attempting to enter Poland in an irregular manner. Allegedly the Polish...