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Country of Decision: France
Country of Applicant: Russia (Chechnya)
Keywords: Revocation of protection status, Terrorism
The French National Court on Asylum (CNDA) based its reasoning on the CJEU jurisprudence according to which the Article 14 of the Directive 2011/95/EU transposed in Article L.711-6 CESEDA, allows revocation of refugee status, but does not imply that the refugee protection ceases. The international refugee protection under the Article 1 (A) (2) of the Geneva Convention continues to be applicable to the Applicant.
Date: 05-07-2019
Country of Decision: Germany
Country of Applicant: Afghanistan
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Family unity (right to), Individual assessment, Return
In order to examine prohibitions of deportation, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) has to consider the case of each family member even in cases of family associations separately whether deportation prohibitions exist. In this case, the risk assessment must be based on the assumption that a nuclear family living together in the Federal Republic of Germany will return to its country of origin as a family unit. This also applies if individual family members have already been granted a protection status or if national deportation prohibitions have been...
Date: 04-07-2019
Country of Decision: Greece
Country of Applicant: Venezuela
Keywords: Country of origin information, Subsidiary Protection
The political, humanitarian and economic crisis in Venezuela can justify subsidiary protection status if the individual’s return to the country of origin, would cause serious harm, characterized by the level of seriousness required to be considered as inhuman and degrading treatment.
Date: 28-06-2019
Country of Applicant: Syria
Keywords: Delay, Detention, Return, Safe third country
Detention within the context of immigration must be lawful, not arbitrary and carried out in good faith. In this sense, the depriavation of liberty without a realistic prospect of removal is against the prevision of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention.
Date: 25-06-2019
Country of Decision: Belgium
Country of Applicant: Guinea
Keywords: Female genital mutilation, Gender Based Persecution, Non-state actors/agents of persecution, Obligation/Duty to cooperate, Protection, Real risk, Relevant Documentation, Relevant Facts
A Guinean woman who has been forced into marriage at a young age and subsequently harassed into marrying her late husband’s brother, is a refugee under article 1, section A §2 of the Geneva Convention. She risks being persecuted by reason of her membership in the social group of women, and considering the regular violation of women’s rights occuring in Guinea.
Date: 19-06-2019
Country of Applicant: Afghanistan
Keywords: Detention, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Material reception conditions, Reception conditions, Torture, Unaccompanied minor, Vulnerable person
Conditions in police stations do not justify prolonged detention, while the child’s extreme vulnerability should prevail over irregular status with necessary measures adopted to protect them. Domestic authorities had not done all that could reasonably expected to fulfil their obligation in light of their vulnerability.
The authorities violated Article 5 by automatically applying the protective custody regime, without considering any alternatives to detention or the requirement under EU law to avoid the detention of children.
Date: 13-06-2019
Country of Applicant: Afghanistan
Keywords: Accommodation centre, Best interest of the child, Child Specific Considerations, Detention, Family reunification, Health (right to), Material reception conditions, Reception conditions, Unaccompanied minor, Vulnerable person
Detention conditions in Greek police stations and living conditions in Idomeni Camp in northern Greece for five unaccompanied children were in breach of Article 3 of the Convention. A further violation was found in respect of Article 5 § 1 regarding the “protective custody” of unaccompanied children in police stations.
Date: 13-06-2019
Country of Decision: Greece
Country of Applicant: Ghana
Keywords: Gender Based Persecution, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Membership of a particular social group, Sexual orientation, Unaccompanied minor, Well-founded fear
Date: 12-06-2019
Country of Decision: Switzerland
Country of Applicant: Syria
Keywords: Dublin Transfer, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Non-refoulement, Torture
The State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) must carry out an individualised examination to determine whether there are substantial grounds for believing that the asylum procedure of the Member State where the applicant shall be transferred to has systemic weaknesses that would entail a risk of inhuman treatment or chain deportation.
Date: 12-06-2019
Country of Decision: Spain
Country of Applicant: Unknown
Keywords: Accelerated procedure, Effective access to procedures, Inadmissible application, Subsequent application
The Spanish Supreme Court’s Administrative Chamber decides on the appeal of the State Attorney. He appealed the National Court’s judgement that accepted to consider an application for the re-examination of international protection that was denied in first instance, and was presented in a different place. The Supreme Court concludes that even if an application is not presented before the competent authority, are these authorities the ones who have to refer the case to the competent. Since this referral was not done, the petition for re-examination is valid.
Date: 27-05-2019
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