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On 24 August 2020, a Tribunal in The Hague annulled the refusal of the Dutch State Secretary of Justice and Security to issue a residence permit to a stateless individual coming from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). 

The stateless

• N.K. v Russia (Application No. 62812/19): The applicant is an Uzbek national residing in Russia with his family on a temporary residence permit. In 2018, the applicant and his family attempted to enter Russia after travelling to Kazakhstan. While his family were allowed to enter, he was denied re-entry and was informed that he was subject to exclusion from entering the territory and was banned for 19 years. No further explanation was given.

On 28 July 2020, the European Court of Human Rights published its judgment in Pormes v The Netherlands (Application No. 25402/14) concerning the refusal to grant a residence permit to an Indonesian national.

On 23 July 2020, the European Court of Human Rights published its judgment in M.K. and Others v Poland (Application Nos. 40503/17, 42902/17, 43643/17) concerning the repeated refusal of Polish border authorities to examine applications for international protection.