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W.K. against Hungary (application no. 14442/18): The case concerns the threatened expulsion of a Congolese citizen who claims to be a member of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo. The applicant complains that his removal to the Democratic Republic of Congo would put him at a serious risk of treatment in violation of Article 3 of the Convention.

On 22 November, the UK Court of Appeal ruled on the proper assessment in cases relating to the application of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

On 21 November, the Dutch Council of State decided on a case concerning an Afghan family from the city of Herat whose daughter claimed having adopted a western lifestyle in the Netherlands.

On 20 November 2018, the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the UK Upper Tribunal (UT) refused the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in a case concerning a procedurally unfair refusal of Dublin III reunification.