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***Recent EUAA publications on asylum jurisprudence:

EUAA Quarterly Overview of Asylum Case Law, Issue 2/2026 for asylum judgments from March to May 2026. To receive the Quarterly by email, please subscribe here.
Jurisprudence related to Asylum Pronounced by the Court of Justice of the EU in 2025 (March 2026).
Jurisprudence related to the Dublin Procedure in 2025 (Feb 2026).

*** Second jurisprudential analysis under the EUAA Case Law Grant is published, drafted by Comillas Pontifical University on Jurisprudence on Asylum Pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights in 2024-2025 (Call EUBA-EUAA-2025-ASYLUMCASELAW), January 2026.

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The <a href="https&#58;//ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/EUBA-EUAA-2026-ASYLUMCASELAW">EUAA Asylum Case Law Grant</a> is open for applications until&#160;30 September 2026, 17&#58;00hrs Brussels time. Do not miss this opportunity!

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

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	EUAA <a href="/Newsletters/2026_EUAA_Quarterly_Overview_Asylum_Case_Law_Issue2_EN.pdf">Quarterly Overview of Asylum Case Law, Issue 2/2026</a>&#160;for asylum judgments from March to May 2026.&#160;To receive the Quarterly&#160;by email, please&#160;<a href="/pages/subscribe.aspx" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>.
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	<a href="/Documents/Factsheet42_CJEU_jurisprudence_EN.pdf">Jurisprudence related to Asylum Pronounced by the Court of Justice of the EU in 2025</a> (March 2026).
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	<a href="https&#58;//www.euaa.europa.eu/publications/jurisprudence-related-dublin-procedure-2025">Jurisprudence related to the Dublin Procedure in 2025</a> (Feb 2026).
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*** Second jurisprudential analysis under the EUAA Case Law Grant is published, drafted by Comillas Pontifical University on&#160;<a href="/Documents/2026_ECtHR_jurisprudence_asylum-EN.pdf">Jurisprudence on Asylum Pronounced by the European Court of Human Rights in 2024-2025</a> (Call EUBA-EUAA-2025-ASYLUMCASELAW), January 2026.

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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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07/07/2026

COE: The ECtHR ruled that Denmark did not violate Article 8 of the Convention by ordering the expulsion of a Syrian refugee who was sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment for 14 offences of money laundering. The court held that after the expiry of the re-entry ban, the applicant could apply for family reunification.

According to the ECtHR's press release, “the applicant, Mr Allabed, is a Syrian national who was born in 1973 and lives in Aarhus (Denmark). Mr Allabed entered Denmark in 2013 and was granted residence as a refugee. By a final Supreme Court judgment of 29 January 2025 he was convicted of, among other offences, money laundering and sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment. His expulsion from Denmark was ordered with a six-year re-entry ban. Relying on Article 8 (right to respect for private and family...

23/06/2026

COE: The ECtHR ruled that there had been a violation of Article 8, taken alone and in conjunction with Article 13 of the ECHR, in a case concerning a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar because the Greek Asylum Service required that the applicant provide the required supporting documents, despite this being impossible due to his and his family's statelessness, and failed for 4 years to decide his application for family reunification. The court found that authorities failed to conduct an individualised assessment of whether the applicant's inability to submit those documents was justified.

A stateless Rohingya of Myanmar obtained refugee status in Greece on 19 April 2019. On 28 August 2019, he submitted a request for family reunification to the Greek Asylum Service (GAS) to reunite with his spouse and two minor children who were residing in...

23/06/2026

COE: The ECtHR ruled unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 8, taken alone and in conjunction with Article 13 of the ECHR, in a family reunification case concerning an Afghan refugee due to the Greek authorities’ requirement of document certification by the Greek consular office, which was rendered impossible in practice as the consular office did not issue such certifications owing to the situation in Afghanistan and the Greek authorities’ non-recognition of the Taliban regime. The ECtHR held that the Greek authorities failed to strike a fair balance between the applicant’s interest in family reunification and the interests of the State.

A.D., an Afghan national who obtained refugee status in Greece in 2018, requested family reunification with his spouse and five children, who were residing in Afghanistan. As part of...

10/08/2026

DE:

DE: Following the Constitutional Court’s ruling of 22 July 2026, which invalidated the revocation of the declaration of admission for Afghan nationals, the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg granted the applicants free legal aid for the first-instance proceedings, finding that their initial application for preliminary legal protection had sufficient prospects of success. The court also found that Germany must continue providing material support pending the outcome of the visa proceedings

The Regional Administrative Court of Berlin dismissed, by decision of 29 December 2025, the request of Afghan nationals, who were admitted to Germany by virtue of a declaration of the Federal Ministry of the Interior in September 2021, under the ‘Human Rights list' programme, to oblige the ministry to issue a visa pursuant to Section 22(2) of the Residence Act and to maintain Germany's previously granted support which included accommodation, food and medical care. The court...

17/08/2026

A national of Afghanistan of Pashtun ethnicity requested international protection on 29 December 2025. He stated that his elder brother had served in the Afghan army and committed...

22/07/2026

DE: DE: The Federal Constitutional Court overturned the ruling of the Higher Administrative Court which upheld the rejection of visa applications submitted by Afghan nationals who were previously admitted to Germany based on a declaration issued by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in September 2021 under the ‘Human Rights list’ programme. The court ruled that the revocation decision adopted in December 2025 for all declarations of admission previously issued under that programme and in which the Federal Ministry of the Interior exercised its political leeway, was objectively arbitrary, on grounds that that decision failed to consider the specific circumstances of the applicants’ case.

Afghan nationals, a mother and her two children, were initially accepted for admission to Germany under the humanitarian admission programme called ‘Human Rights List'. The Human Rights List was adopted with the aim to provide individuals who had put themselves at risk through their...