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Recent EUAA publications on jurisprudence:

EUAA Quarterly Overview of Asylum Case Law for asylum judgments from June to August 2024. To receive the Quarterly by email, please subscribe here.
Jurisprudence on Material Reception Conditions in Asylum - Sanctions, Reductions and Withdrawals
Jurisprudence on the Application of the Temporary Protection Directive.

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Recent EUAA&#160;publications on jurisprudence&#58;&#160;

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	<li><a href="/Newsletters/2024_EUAA_Quarterly_Overview_Asylum_Case_Law_Issue3_EN_2.pdf" target="_blank">EUAA Quarterly Overview of Asylum Case Law</a>&#160;for&#160;asylum judgments&#160;from June&#160;to August&#160;2024.&#160;To receive the Quarterly&#160;by email, please&#160;<a href="/pages/subscribe.aspx" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>.</li>
	<li><a href="/Documents/2024_jurisprudence_material_reception_conditions_EN.pdf">Jurisprudence on Material Reception Conditions in Asylum - Sanctions, Reductions and Withdrawals</a></li>
	<li><a href="/Documents/2024_jurisprudence_Temporary_Protection_Directive_EN.pdf" target="_blank">Jurisprudence on the Application of the Temporary&#160;Protection Directive</a>.</li>
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The EUAA Information and Analysis Sector&#160;can provide, upon request, online sessions on&#160;how to use&#160;the EUAA Case Law Database.

We also provide presentations on the latest jurisprudence interpreting the Common European Asylum System.&#160;

For more information, contact us at&#160;caselawdb@euaa.europa.eu

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22/10/2024

COE: The ECtHR found Malta in violation of Articles 3 and Article 5(1) of the Convention for detaining five Bangladeshi unaccompanied children in Ħal Far Initial Reception Centre. It also found violations of Articles 5(4) and 13 and called the state to enact legislation which provides for an effective remedy to complain about ongoing detention conditions and which ensures an independent and impartial Immigration Appeals Tribunal.

According to the press release of the ECtHR:

"The applicants are six Bangladeshi nationals...

17/10/2024

EU: The CJEU clarified that both administrative and judicial authorities have to ensure compliance with the principle of non-refoulement when deciding on a residence permit and on the enforcement of a return decision respectively.

The case concerned a request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Court of the Hague seated in Roermond, on the interpretation of the EU Charter and the Return Directive - K,L,M,N v State Secretary for Justice and Security (Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid), 13 March 2023.

The case concerned the lawfulness of a decision...

15/10/2024

COE: The ECtHR found Germany in violation of Article 3 for the removal of a Syrian asylum applicant to Greece in 2018 on the basis of an administrative arrangement, in violation of its procedural obligation to ensure that the applicant was not at risk of being denied access to an adequate asylum procedure in Greece and would not be detained in inadequate conditions.

The case concerned the removal of a Syrian national from Germany, where he had expressed the wish to request asylum, to Greece, on the day of his arrival (4 September 2018) under an administrative arrangement concluded between the two countries in...

30/10/2024

NL: The District Court of the Northern Netherlands, seated in Groningen, increased the penalty payment of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers for exceeding the occupancy limit of 2,000 people at Ter Apel reception centre, to €50,000 per day, up to a maximum of €5,000,000.

On 23 January 2024, in case Municipality of Westerwolde v Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers‚ COA) (C/18230420 / KG ZA 23-241), the District Court...

04/11/2024

IT: The Tribunal of Catania overturned the detention order of an Egyptian applicant for international protection, determining that the country of origin could not be classified as safe due to relevant COI on Egypt and the CJEU's judgment in Case C-406/22 prohibiting such designations when specific exceptions apply.

The applicant, a national from Egypt, a country designated as safe by Decree-Law No 158 of 23 October 2024, requested asylum in Italy (Pozzallo) and had his application channeled to...

09/10/2024

BG: The Administrative Court of Sofia City referred questions before the CJEU for interpretation of the recast APD on the concept of safe third country

Registered with the CJEU under C-718/24.

The case concerned an application for international protection submitted by a Syrian national and which was rejected by the State Agency for Refugees (SAR). The case reached the cassation appeal level and was re-examined by the SAR, then another appeal was submitted...