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*** First jurisprudential analysis under the EUAA Case Law Grant is published, drafted by Comillas Pontifical University on Military Service and International Protection in Europe: Jurisprudence on applicants invoking compulsory military service, draft evasion and desertion as protection ground (Call EUBA-EUAA-2025-ASYLUMCASELAW). November 2025.

*** Recent EUAA publications on asylum jurisprudence:

EUAA Quarterly Overview of Asylum Case Law, Issue 4/2025 for asylum judgments from September to November 2025. To receive the Quarterly by email, please subscribe here.
Jurisprudence on LGBTIQ Applicants in International Protection (September 2025) also in FR, EL, IT, ES.
Analysis of jurisprudence on the implementation of the Dublin procedure (June 2025).
Jurisprudence related to asylum pronounced by the Court of Justice of the EU in 2024 (April 2025) also in FR, DE, EL, IT, ES.
Jurisprudence related to Gender-Based Violence against Women. Analysis of asylum case law from 2020-2024 (Feb 2025) also in FR, DE, EL, IT, ES.

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*** First jurisprudential analysis under the EUAA Case Law Grant is published, drafted by Comillas Pontifical University on&#160;<a href="/Documents/2025_jurisprudence_compulsory_military_service_EN.pdf">Military Service and International Protection in Europe&#58; Jurisprudence on applicants invoking compulsory military service, draft evasion and desertion as protection ground</a>&#160;(Call EUBA-EUAA-2025-ASYLUMCASELAW). November 2025.

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

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	<a href="/Newsletters/2025_EUAA_Quarterly_Overview_Asylum_Case_Law_Issue4_EN.pdf">EUAA Quarterly Overview of Asylum Case Law, Issue 4/2025</a> for asylum judgments from September to November 2025.&#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/2025_factsheet39_case_law_LGBTIQ_applicants_EN.pdf">Jurisprudence on LGBTIQ Applicants in International Protection</a> (September 2025) also in&#160;<a href="/Documents/2025_factsheet39_case_law_LGBTIQ_applicants_FR_1.pdf">FR</a>, <a href="/Documents/2025_factsheet39_case_law_LGBTIQ_applicants_EL.pdf">EL</a>,&#160;<a href="/Documents/2025_factsheet39_case_law_LGBTIQ_applicants_IT.pdf">IT</a>,&#160;<a href="/Documents/2025_factsheet39_case_law_LGBTIQ_applicants_ES.pdf">ES</a>.
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	<a href="/Documents/Factsheet%2033_jurisprudence_Dublin_procedure_EN.pdf">Analysis of jurisprudence on the implementation of the Dublin procedure</a>&#160;(June 2025).
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	<a href="/Documents/Factsheet32_CJEU_jurisprudence_EN.pdf">Jurisprudence related to asylum pronounced by the Court of Justice of the EU in 2024</a> (April 2025) also in&#160;<a href="/Documents/Factsheet32_CJEU_jurisprudence_FR.pdf">FR</a>, <a href="/Documents/Factsheet32_CJEU_jurisprudence_DE.pdf">DE</a>,&#160;<a href="/Documents/Factsheet32_CJEU_jurisprudence_EL.pdf">EL</a>,&#160;<a href="/Documents/Factsheet32_CJEU_jurisprudence_IT.pdf">IT</a>,&#160;<a href="/Documents/Factsheet32_CJEU_jurisprudence_ES.pdf">ES</a>.
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	<li><a href="/Documents/2025_jurisprudence_gender_based_violence_EN.pdf">Jurisprudence related to Gender-Based Violence against Women. Analysis of asylum case law from 2020-2024</a>&#160;(Feb 2025) also in <a href="/Documents/2025_jurisprudence_gender_based_violence_FR.pdf">FR</a>, <a href="/Documents/2025_jurisprudence_gender_based_violence_DE.pdf">DE</a>, <a href="/Documents/2025_jurisprudence_gender_based_violence_EL.pdf">EL</a>, <a href="/Documents/2025_jurisprudence_gender_based_violence_IT.pdf">IT</a>, <a href="/Documents/2025_jurisprudence_gender_based_violence_ES.pdf">ES</a>.</li>
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18/12/2025

EU: The CJEU ruled that in joint return operations, Frontex has the obligation to verify that return decisions exist for all persons whom a Member State intends to include in such an operation and any infringements of fundamental rights occurring during a return flight may give rise to the liability of the Member State concerned and that of Frontex; thus, the court set aside the judgment of the General Court which had dismissed the action for damages brought by a Syrian family after their transfer from Greece to Türkiye.

According to the press release of the CJEU of 18 December 2025: "On 9 October 2016, a family of...

18/12/2025

EU: The CJEU ruled that an applicant’s refusal to be transferred to another reception centre cannot justify withdrawing all material reception conditions or depriving the applicant of the possibility of meeting the most basic needs; however, national authorities may impose a proportionate sanction that respects the applicant’s fundamental rights and dignity, and use their powers of coercion to enforce the transfer.

According to the press release of the CJEU of 18 December 2025: "AF and his child, BF, who was a minor at the time of the facts, are applicants for international protection residing in an accommodation centre...

18/12/2025

EU: The CJEU clarified the rules governing the burden of proof and the taking of evidence in the context of an alleged pushback case against Frontex, noting that respect for the right to effective judicial protection requires an adaptation of the burden of proof; where an applicant provides evidence that is sufficiently detailed, specific and consistent to constitute prima facie evidence, the General Court of the EU should adopt measures to obtain from Frontex all relevant information at that agency’s disposal.

According to the press release of the CJEU of 18 December 2025: "Mr Alaa Hamoudi, a Syrian national, stated...

05/11/2025

IT: The Rome Court of Appeal submitted two questions before the CJEU for a preliminary ruling on whether Italy was competent to conclude an international agreement such as the Italy-Albania Protocol or it is under the exclusive competence of the EU, in view of Article 4(3) of the Treaty on the EU (TEU), Articles 3(2) and 216(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. In case of negative answer to the first question, the court sought clarification on whether the provisions of the Protocol are compatible with the rules and safeguards for asylum and detention of third country nationals as enshrined under the CEAS.

A Moroccan national irregularly entered Italy in November 2024 and the Prefect of Imperia ordered his expulsion in September 2025. He was placed in detention in the Pre-Removal Centre...

28/11/2025

EL: The Athens Administrative Court of First Instance annulled the negative decision on international protection concerning a stateless Bidoon for insufficient reasoning and inadequate evaluation of the applicant’s statements of alleged persecution due to exclusion by the Kuwait authorities from access to health, education and issuance of documents, also in view of country-of-origin information confirming such treatment against stateless Bidoon.

The applicant, a stateless person Bidoon (Bedoon) born in Kuwait request international protection in Greece on 20 August 2024. He claimed to have left his country of previous habitual residence on grounds that he had no rights and no access to health, education and document because is a Bidoon. the applicant stated that he is a Shiite Muslim, illiterate,...

08/10/2025

IT: The Court of Cassation quashed the decision of Justice of the Peace of Caltanissetta which validated the detention order against a Tunisian national claiming to be a minor, solely on the basis of a radiological age-assessment examination that had been ordered by the Justice of the Peace despite lacking such competence and by disregarding specific procedural safeguards provided by law for age assessment.

A Tunisian national, claiming to be a minor, entered Italy without an identification document. On that basis, the Police Headquarters of Trapani issued an expulsion order and ordered his detention at the Repatriation Detention Centre (CPR) of Caltanissetta. The Justice of the Peace of Caltanissetta, without consulting the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Juvenile Court, ordered that the...