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
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
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...
CJEU: Hungary’s embassy procedure unduly hindered the possibility of making an asylum application
On the 22nd of June 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in its judgment C‑823/21. The case concerned an action for failure to fulfil obligations brought by European Commission against Hungary and its legislation violating, in Commission’s...
ECtHR: Poland’s deportation of Belarusian national allegedly posing a threat to national security violates the ECHR by not respecting his procedural rights
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...