M.A v Greece (Application No. 14222/16): The applicant, a Sudanese national, was convicted of a criminal offence in February 2013 and was later granted refugee status in April 2014. The applicant was returned to Greece in October 2015, where he was detained in the Amygdaleza detention centre. In April 2015, the applicant’s refugee status was revoked.
On 12 November 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Haqbin concerning sanctions that may be imposed on an applicant of international protection for serious breaches of reception centre rules.
On 5 November 2019, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment on the risk of ill-treatment for an applicant upon his return to Afghanistan.
On 31 October 2019, Advocate General Sharpston delivered an opinion on the action brought by the Commission against Poland (Case C-715/17), Hungary (case C-718/17) and Czech Republic (Case C-719/17) concerning the failure to comply with the Relocation Decisions (Decision
On 28 October 2019, the Court of Appeal published its ruling on RS (Sri Lanka) EWCA Civ 1796 concerning the refusal to grant international protection status to a Sri Lankan national who had escaped detention.
On 22 October 2019, the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) published its ruling on a case concerning the rejected asylum application of a Ukrainian national.
Turdikhojaev v Ukraine (Application No. 72510/12): On 19 June 2012, the applicant, an Uzbekistan national, was arrested on charges relating to his alleged membership in an extremist organisation in Uzbekistan. He was subsequently detained in the Kyiv pre-trial detention centre in a cell allegedly measuring 1.4m2 and his extradition was ordered in January 2013.
On 14 October 2019, the Slovenian Constitutional Court published its judgment finding that Article 10b of the Aliens Act, setting out measures of temporary suspension of the right to asylum, was contrary to the principle of non-refoulement.