CJEU: Judgment confirms the relevant date in the family reunification of a minor who became an adult before the sponsor was granted refugee status

1 Aug 2022 | News

On 1 August 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave a ruling in the case C‑279/20. The preliminary ruling concerned XC, a Syrian national who applied for family reunification with her father, who had obtained refugee status in Germany; however,...

CJEU: A minor asylum-seeker who was born in a different MS from where their family members enjoy international protection can lodge the application in the country of birth or where the family obtained the beneficiary status

1 Aug 2022 | News

On 1 August 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its ruling on the preliminary request for case C‑720/20 concerning the interpretation of Article 20(3) of the Dublin III Regulation (No. 604/2013). The case concerned the rejection of an...

Austria: The Supreme Administrative Court held that return decisions become ineffective if a reassessment concludes that the third-country national should not be removed

26 Jul 2022 | News

On 26 July 2022, the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court (VwGH) gave a judgment on the case 2022/21/0093-9 concerning three Georgian nationals, a mother and her two children. The applicants lodge two requests for international protection which were unsuccessful, and...

ECtHR Darboe and Camara v. Italy: Violation of Articles 3, 8 and 13 ECHR for the treatment to an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker

21 Jul 2022 | News

On 21 July 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) gave its judgment on the case Darboe and Camara v. Italy (Application no. 5797/17). The applicant, Mr. Darboe, is a Gambian national who arrived in Italy in 2016 and declared to be an unaccompanied minor and...

Belgium: The Aliens Litigation Council recognised the refugee status of a Mauritanian victim of slavery from Haratin ethnicity and required an increased caution in the examination of these cases

18 Jul 2022 | News

On 18 July 2022, the Aliens Litigation Council (Conseil de Contentieux des Étrangers, in French) upheld the appeal of a Mauritanian national from Haratin ethnicity and recognised the applicant’s refugee status. The applicant reported fear of persecution in Mauritania,...

Germany: The Administrative Court of Munich suspends Dublin transfer and establishes systemic deficiencies in the asylum system in Hungary

18 Jul 2022 | News

On 18 July 2022, The Administrative Court of Munich suspended the Federal Office’s deportation order regarding the transfer to Hungary under the Dublin III Regulation. The case concerned five Afghan nationals of Tajik ethnicity who left Afghanistan with the...