EDAL case summaries
Country of Decision: Denmark
Country of Applicant: Somalia
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Country of origin, Country of origin information, Gender Based Persecution, Internal protection, Non-state actors/agents of persecution, Personal circumstances of applicant, Real risk, Relevant Facts, Subsidiary Protection
The applicant, an ethnic Somali and a Sunni Muslim belonging to the Darood Clan and Ogaden Sub-Clan, was born and raised in Libya.
The Board found that the applicant was, as her parents and siblings, a Somali citizen. Further, considering that Somali was not the applicant’s mother tongue, that she only with difficulty was able to speak, read or write in this language, that she in reality had never been to Somalia, that she does not know anyone in this country, and is a single mother with a son of five years old, the Board found that, in accordance with the ECtHR judgement R.H...
Date: 20-01-2017
Country of Decision: Netherlands
Country of Applicant: Syria
Keywords: Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN, Assessment of facts and circumstances, Country of origin, Crime against humanity, First country of asylum, Nationality, Obligation/Duty to cooperate, Personal circumstances of applicant, Relevant Facts, Serious non-political crime, War crimes, Well-founded fear
This case is concerned with whether the decision to deny the asylum application and the subsequently imposed entry ban were justified based on articles 1F(a)-(c). Under these provisions the Secretary of State can raise national security as a ‘serious ground’ for his decision if an element of ‘personal participation’ can be proven.
Date: 03-12-2015
Country of Decision: Netherlands
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Country of origin, Country of origin information, Crime against humanity, Delay, Detention, Dublin Transfer, Effective remedy (right to), First country of asylum, Humanitarian considerations, Indirect refoulement, Nationality, Real risk, Relevant Documentation, Relevant Facts, Request to take back, Responsibility for examining application, Return, Well-founded fear
This case is concerned with whether the Secretary of State for Justice has discharged or breached his duty of care with regards to the risk of refoulement in an asylum application.
Date: 26-11-2015
Country of Decision: France
Country of Applicant: Bangladesh
Keywords: Country of origin, Gender Based Persecution, Membership of a particular social group, Personal interview, Relevant Facts, Serious harm, Sexual orientation
A person, with a well-founded fear, within the meaning of the Geneva Convention, of being harmed by their family if they return to their country of origin because they are a member of a particular social group and are unable to rely on effective protection from the state, may be entitled to claim refugee status.
Date: 29-10-2015
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