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Singh and Others v. Belgium (no. 33210/11)[Articles 3 and 13-Rule 39]

Date: 
Friday, October 4, 2013

The applicants, Nam Singh, Meena Kaur and their three children are Afghan nationals who reside in Sint-Gillis (Belgium). The applicants arrived in Belgium in March 2011 on a flight from Moscow. As they did not have the legally required documents, they were refused entry into Belgium and the Aliens Office issued directions for their removal. The applicants, at the same time, applied for asylum.

ECtHR inadmissibility decision in L.H. and V.S. v. Belgium (no. 67429/10) [Article 8 ECHR]

Date: 
Friday, October 4, 2013

The applicants are an Armenian couple who entered Belgium in 2010 and applied for asylum. At the initial interview aimed at determining their situation regarding the Dublin Regulation, they declared that the parents of one of them lived in Belgium. The Belgian authorities found out that both applicants had obtained visas from the Italian embassy in Armenia before arriving in Belgium, although they had never travelled to Italy. The Belgian authorities ordered the applicants to leave the country.

Belgium: list of safe countries of origin for 2013 published

Date: 
Friday, October 4, 2013

On 15 May, the Belgian official journal published the list of safe countries of origin for 2013. The list includes the same seven countries as in 2012: Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and India.

Find more information on the website of the Belgian Secretary of State for asylum and migration.

Firoz Muneer v. Belgium (no. 56005/10) [Article 5 ECHR]

Date: 
Friday, October 4, 2013

The applicant, Mr. Muneer, is an Afghan national who arrived in Belgium in 2009 and applied for asylum. As it appeared that he had been in Greece previously, Belgium arranged for his return under the Dublin regulation. Mr. Muneer was ordered to quit the Belgian territory and placed in a detention centre. His return to Greece was organised, but after he refused to board the plane, a second detention order valid for two months was issued.

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