Belgium: The Council for Alien Law Litigation recognized the refugee status to an Afghan national due to the risk of persecution on grounds of the attributed political views and due to his assimilation of Western values

Belgium: The Council for Alien Law Litigation recognized the refugee status to an Afghan national due to the risk of persecution on grounds of the attributed political views and due to his assimilation of Western values

On 12 October 2022, the Council for Alien Law Litigation ruled in a case (no. 278 653) concerning the international protection application of an Afghan national that arrived in Belgium as a minor and had been living there for more than six years. In the assessment of...
CJEU: EU Returns Directive does not allow the detention of third-country nationals without a clear legal basis that meets the requirements of proportionality, clarity, predictability and protection against arbitrariness

CJEU: EU Returns Directive does not allow the detention of third-country nationals without a clear legal basis that meets the requirements of proportionality, clarity, predictability and protection against arbitrariness

On 6 October 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) gave a judgment on a request by the Supreme Court of Estonia in the case of I.L. (C-241/2). The preliminary ruling concerned the interpretation of Article 15(1) of Directive 2008/115/EC (Return Directive). In...