CJEU: AG clarifies eligibility criteria for international protection for victims of honour crimes, forced marriages and domestic violence
On the 20th of April 2023, the CJEU published the Advocate’s General Opinion in respect of C-621/21. The Administrative Court of Sofia, Bulgaria, submitted a preliminary question as to whether the concept of ‘gender-based violence against women’ constitutes a ground...
CJEU: EU law precludes legislation which requires, without exception, that an application for family reunification must be submitted in person at a competent diplomatic post
On the 18th of April 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in its judgment C‑1/23, Afrin. The case concerned a Syrian family, X and Y and their children A and B, of whom Y is recognised as refugee in Belgium and X and the children are still in...
ECtHR: Detention of an Algerian national in Belgium pending his removal to Algeria did not violate Articles 3 and 5 ECHR
On the 18th of April 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in its judgment N.M. v. Belgium, no. 43966/19. The case concerned the detention of an Algerian national for 31 months in a closed centre for aliens pending his removal from Belgium on grounds...
ECtHR: No violation of Article 8 by the Netherlands when issuing a deportation order following a careful analysis
On the 11th of April 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in its judgment Loukili v. The Netherlands, 57766/19. The case concerned a Moroccan national with an indefinite residence permit who entered the Netherlands more than forty years ago and...