CJEU: Political opinion must be interpreted broadly to include a situation where an applicant’s act to defend their own interests is perceived as resistance to a group influencing the state through corruption

CJEU: Political opinion must be interpreted broadly to include a situation where an applicant’s act to defend their own interests is perceived as resistance to a group influencing the state through corruption

On the 12th of January 2023, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) delivered its judgment in the case of P.I. v. Migracijos departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalu ministerijos (C-280/21). The case concerned a third country national (TCN), who applied...