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.
On 4 October 2019, the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) published its ruling concerning the removal of a Sri Lankan national from the United Kingdom despite established family ties.
On 10 October 2019, the European Court of Human Rights published its decision on the case of O.D. v Bulgaria (Application No. 34016/18) concerning an order for the expulsion of an applicant of international protection.
On 11 October 2019, the High Court of Justice (Administrative) published its judgment concerning the London Borough of Waltham Forest’s (LBWF) unlawful breach of its statutory duty to secure suitable accommodation under section 193 of the Housing Act 1996.
On 10 October 2019, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court published its ruling in the case E-6932/2017, concerning the expulsion of a family of international protection applicants.
