An applicant for international protection in Slovenia was subject to a transfer decision to Bulgaria under the Dublin III Regulation. The applicant lodged an appeal against this decision before the Administrative Court, alleging that the conditions in Bulgaria’s asylum and detention centers constituted inhuman or degrading treatment. He described poor hygiene,...

A national of Ukraine entered Germany in May 2022 and requested international protection, claiming that he feared being conscripted into the Ukrainian military upon return.  He stated that he had no prior military training and objected to participating in armed conflict, claiming an unwillingness to kill or die in war. He also cited economic hardship, potential...

M.F., a Senegalese national, applied for international protection and, alternatively, for special protection and the Territorial Commission of Verona-Padova rejected both requests. On appeal, the Tribunal of Venice upheld the rejection of international protection but expressed doubts regarding special protection, given the applicant’s social and employment integration and its possible relevance to private and...

A Turkish national, holder of a French visa to enter Schengen area for a period of 90 days between December 2023 to December 2025, moved to Czechia where he owns real estate. Upon a trip back to Türkiye, he found that his Turkish citizenship was revoked and was detained in Turkey for few days. Before acquiring Turkish citizenship on basis of real estate ownership, he was a holder of Russian citizenship, under a...

A., a national of Côte d’Ivoire, applied for international protection in Switzerland on 7 August 2023. She claimed that, at the age of 15, her father had forced her to marry an older man to settle a debt. During the four-year marriage, she alleged that her husband repeatedly beat and raped her, and that after several escape attempts her father mistreated her and returned her to...

A., a Senegalese national, applied for international protection in Switzerland on 11 March 2024, claiming to be a minor born in 2007 and originating from Casamance. A EURODAC search confirmed that he had filed applications in Italy in February 2023 and in France in January 2024. He submitted medical certificates stating that he showed symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and suicidal...

A., a Turkish national of Kurdish ethnicity and Alevi faith, applied for international protection in Switzerland on 24 April 2023 as a minor accompanied by his family. He claimed that he attended secondary school in Türkiye, where he had been forced to take courses on Islam, and when he refused to participate in activities related to these courses, he had been insulted and beaten by his...

A., an Algerian national, applied for international protection in Switzerland on 16 May 2025, claiming to be born in 2007. Eurodac data showed two prior international protection applications in the Netherlands, on 9 November 2023 and 24 January 2024. On 18 June 2025, the applicant was interviewed as an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker. During the interview, he presented a photograph of an...

The applicant A. and her daughter C., Turkish nationals, applied for international protection in Switzerland on 14 March 2022 after previously seeking protection in Spain on 6 September 2021 and briefly residing in Iraq. On 22 June 2022, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) ordered the transfer of the applicants to Spain, but the deadline for transfer expired before it was executed. On...

Four Afghan nationals — A. and B. and their two minor daughters C. and D. — applied for international protection in Switzerland on 14 November 2024. A EURODAC search revealed that they had already been recognised as refugees in Greece on 23 August 2024 and were issued valid residence permits and travel documents. After the Greek authorities accepted the readmission request for the...