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Country of Applicant: Nigeria
Keywords: Health (right to), Humanitarian considerations, Protection, Reception conditions, Return, Serious harm, Torture, Vulnerable person
The CJEU ruling concerned the scope of protection available under EU law to third country nationals suffering from serious illness whose removal would amount to inhuman or degrading treatment. The CJEU surmisedthat the removal of a person suffering a serious illness to a country where appropriate treatment was not available could in exceptional circumstances be contrary to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and in such circumstances their removal had to be suspended pursuant to Directive 2008/115/EC on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying...
Date: 18-12-2014
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