ECtHR Otite v. the United Kingdom: The Court found no violation of Article 8 ECHR for the expulsion of a Nigerian national

27 Sep 2022 | News

On 27 September 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) gave a judgment on Otite v. the United Kingdom (application no. 18339/19), concerning the expulsion of a Nigerian national. The applicant entered the United Kingdom (UK) as the spouse of a settled person...

CJEU: The transfer period under the Dublin system is not interrupted due to the exceptionality of the COVID-19 pandemic

22 Sep 2022 | News

On 22 September 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on the joined cases C-245/21 and C‑248/21. In both cases, the German authorities had made a transfer request to Italy, but the execution of the transfer had to be suspended due to the...

CJEU: MS cannot consider applications for international protection inadmissible on the basis that the individual had previously been rejected a comparable application in Denmark

22 Sep 2022 | News

On 22 September 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave a preliminary ruling in the Case C-497/21. The main proceedings concerned Georgian asylum applicants in Germany after their asylum applications had been rejected in Denmark. The German court...

CJEU: Asylum-seekers must be able to effectively express their views regarding classified information that led to the deprivation of refugee status on grounds of national security and the determining authority must be able to carry out its own assessment of the circumstances

22 Sep 2022 | News

On 22 September 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave a ruling in the case C‑159/21, concerning the interpretation of the Directive 2011/95/EU (EU Qualification Directive) as well as the Directive 2013/32/EU (Asylum Procedures Directive). The...

ECtHR H.K. v. Hungary: Violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention and Article 13 ECHR for the applicant’s collective expulsion to Serbia

22 Sep 2022 | News

On 22 September 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in the case H.K. v. Hungary (application no. 18531/17). The case concerned the expulsion of an Iranian asylum-seeker after his irregular entry into Hungary. The applicant had irregularly crossed to...

ECtHR: O.M. and D.S. v. Ukraine: The Court found a violation of Article 3 ECHR due to the ill-treatment of the Kyrgyz asylum-seekers in Kyiv Airport

15 Sep 2022 | News

ECtHR: O.M. and D.S. v. Ukraine: The Court found a violation of Article 3 ECHR due to the ill-treatment of the Kyrgyz asylum-seekers in Kyiv Airport On 15 September 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) gave its judgment on the case of O.M. and D.S. v....