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On 3 September 2020, Advocate General Richard de la Tour delivered his opinion in joined cases C-322/19 and C-385/19 on the request for a preliminary ruling regarding the interpretation of Article 15(1) of the Reception Conditions Directive 

• Kim v Russia (Application no. 25036/20) The case concerns the applicant’s alleged unlawful detention in Russia pending his administrative removal. The applicant complains that his detention was unlawful under Article 5 and 5 § 1(f) ECHR.

On 24 August 2020, a Tribunal in The Hague annulled the refusal of the Dutch State Secretary of Justice and Security to issue a residence permit to a stateless individual coming from the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). 

The stateless

• N.K. v Russia (Application No. 62812/19): The applicant is an Uzbek national residing in Russia with his family on a temporary residence permit. In 2018, the applicant and his family attempted to enter Russia after travelling to Kazakhstan. While his family were allowed to enter, he was denied re-entry and was informed that he was subject to exclusion from entering the territory and was banned for 19 years. No further explanation was given.