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Ireland - Irish High Court rules on whether a family can constitute a particular social group

Date: 
01/26/2015

The facts of the case relate to a Kosovar family unit who as a result of an Albanian family blood feud fled to Ireland and applied for refugee status.

Ireland - Irish High Court provides judgment on Best Interests of Child

Date: 
01/12/2015

The High Court in the Dos Santos case, recently published, has had to grapple with whether the welfare of Brazilian minors and their best interests were considered or adequately considered when a deportation decision was made against the family by the Irish Minister for Justice and Equality. Additionally, the Court had to decide whether the child’s best interests must be examined as a primary consideration when deliberating upon the issuance of a deportation order.

Ireland - High Court allows judicial review of LGBTI asylum claims, Z.K. -v- The Refugee Appeals Tribunal & Ors and P.M -v- Refugee Appeals Tribunal & Ors

Date: 
12/15/2014

In the first of two High Court cases which concern asylum applications on the grounds of homosexuality the High Court has quashed a Refugee Appeals Tribunal decision which refused status to a Georgian national, on the basis that said decision was fundamentally flawed.

Ireland - High Court quashes Tribunal decision refusing adjournment concerning discrepancies with translation, A.P. (Albania) -v- Refugee Appeals Tribunal

Date: 
12/15/2014

The case concerns an Albanian national who had applied for asylum on the basis of a blood feud between his family and another following the death of the latter’s son.

Irish Supreme Court rules on Family Reunification, A.M.S. (Somalia, Family Reunification) [2014] IESC 65

Date: 
12/01/2014

The Supreme Court has held that a decision by the Minister for Justice and Equality to refuse a Somali refugee family reunification (with his mother and minor sister) was outside the range of proportionate decisions which were open to the Minister. The Court therefore held that the Minister’s appeal was to be dismissed.  

Ireland: High Court clarifies approach to family reunification regarding dependant family members likely to rely on social welfare

Date: 
03/12/2014

A.M.S. v. Minister for Justice and Equality [2014] IEHC 57 (13 February 2014) concerns a Somali refugee in Ireland, who applied for family reunification with his mother, wife, daughter, two sisters and two brothers pursuant to section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. His wife and daughter were granted reunification, but the Minister for Justice and Equality refused the application for the other relatives because of the likelihood that they would rely on social welfare.

Advocate General Opinion in case C-604/12, H.N., 7 November 2013

Date: 
11/13/2013

(Common European asylum system – Directive 2004/83/EC – Minimum standards for qualification for refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Directive 2005/85/EC – Minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status – National procedural rule making the consideration of an application for subsidi

• Ireland: High Court grants leave to judicial review of the system of direct provision

Date: 
10/30/2013

On 21 October 2013, Mr Justice Colm Mac Eochaidh granted leave to three families to challenge the Irish system of direct provision, which provides bed and board accommodation, along with an allowance of €19.10 per week per adult (€9.60 per week per child) for asylum seekers whose applications are pending or refused (pre-removal). The grant of leave joins N.M and others v Minister for Justice and Equality, Minister for Social Protection, Attorney General and Ireland (Record No. 2013 553 JR) with two other similar applications.

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