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 of Northern Netherlands in Groningen ruled that the COA must adhere to the maximum occupancy of 2,000 asylum seekers at the Ter Apel reception location agreed with the municipality of Westerwolde and that failure to...

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 the accelerated procedure and was issued with a detention order pursuant to Article 6 bis of Legislative Decree No 142/2015 by the Quaestor of the Province of Ragusa.

The court examined whether, and to what extent, Decree-Law No...

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 against the second SAR decision. In fact, the applicant is a Syrian national...

The case concerned the appeal lodged by F.D.G., a Russian national, against the negative decision issued by the SAR on his application for international protection. The applicant argued that there have been procedural violations on the assessment of his claim and that not all facts and circumstances have been clarified. He mentioned to have received a summons to appear at the military commissariat for enrolment and...

The case concerned the application for asylum submitted by a Georgian couple on grounds that the husband suffered from cancer and that there was no adequate and sufficient treatment for it in Georgia. In the absence of any other further reasons to substantiate their claim, the SEM rejected the application in September 2024 and ordered their removal.

In appeal, the applicants requested provisional admission to...

The applicant, a Malian national, applied for asylum on 21 December 2019. The Minister for Asylum and Migration did not consider it credible that the applicant was born in 2003, and was thus a minor at the time of his application. Upon further investigation, the Minister considered based on the principle of mutual trust, that they could rely on the findings of an age assessment conducted by...

On 29 May 2024, the State Secretary for Justice and Security (at present the Minister for Asylum and Migration) dismissed the asylum application of a Syrian national on the grounds that, under the Dublin III Regulation, Croatia was responsible for handling his asylum application. The applicant appealed this decision, arguing that his return to Croatia would expose him to serious risks,...

The applicant, a national of Bangladesh, was among the first group transferred to Albania under the Protocol between the Italian Republic and the Albanian government, made enforceable by Law No 14 of 21 February 2024. The Territorial Commission of Siracusa assessed the application for international protection pursuant to the accelerated procedure set forth in Article 28-bis(2)(c) of Legislative Decree No 25/2008, as it...

According to the press release of the ECtHR:

"The applicants are six Bangladeshi nationals who arrived in Malta on 18 November 2022 after being rescued at sea with around another 40 individuals. The applicants claimed to be 16-17 years old. They were taken to the Ħal Far Initial Reception Centre (HIRC) with the rest of the group...

The applicants, 12 nationals of Egypt and Bangladesh, were part of the first group sent to Albania under the Protocol between the Italian Republic and the Albanian government, made enforceable by Law No 14 of 21 February 2024. The Tribunal of Rome did not uphold their detention orders issued by the Rome Police Headquarters.

The Tribunal noted that Article...