The applicants in this case are AA, Nigerian national holding a permanent residence permit in Ukraine, and BA, a Ukrainian national, and their four children, CA, DA, EA and FA, who are Ukrainian nationals, beneficiaries of temporary protection in Sweden. They also submitted applications for international protection, rejected by the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) as unfounded with regard to their request for refugee status and either as inadmissible or left unexamined on the merits with regard...

In a meeting on 13 November 2025, the Coordination Committee of the Refugee Appeals Board discussed the current situation in Sudan, and concluded that the situation in North Darfur and Al-Fasher is currently marked by such an extreme level of general violence that there is a real risk of treatment contrary to Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights solely by the mere presence. The Coordination Committee affirmed therefore that there is a basis for granting residence permits under...

The Coordination Committee of the Refugee Appeals Board discussed asylum applications submitted by Ukrainian nationals on grounds of risk of being sentenced to imprisonment due to refusal to perform military service and serving a sentence in conditions contrary to Article 3 of the ECHR. One member informed that he overturned a decision in October 2025, where the Danish Immigration Office issued the applicant a residence permit under­ Article 7(2) of the Aliens...

The applicant, a Moroccan national, was issued an expulsion order on 25 July 2025. On 1 November 2025, his detention was ordered pursuant to Article 14(1) of Legislative Decree 286/1998, after the Administration excluded the possibility of applying Article 14(1-bis) of the same decree. This detention order was validated on 4 November 2025 by the Justice of the Peace. The applicant then expressed his intention to apply for international protection. Consequently, on 11 November 2025, the Rome...

A Syrian national requested the Regional Administrative Court of Düsseldorf to order the suspensive effect of his appeal lodged against the return order contained in the BAMF negative decision on asylum of 15 October 2025. The court reiterated that a request for suspensive effect of appeal can be allowed only when there are serious doubts concerning the legality of the contested act or violation of the applicant’s rights. The court found that the conditions were not met in this...

A Syrian national requested the Regional Administrative Court of Düsseldorf to order the suspensive effect of his appeal lodged against the return order contained in the BAMF negative decision on asylum of 16 October 2025. The court reiterated that a request for suspensive effect of appeal can be allowed only when there are serious doubts concerning the legality of the contested act or violation of the applicant’s rights. The court found that the conditions were not met in this...

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 family life. However, following Decree-Law No. 20/2023 (Decreto Cutro), which...

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission sought to appeal the Court of Appeal judgment [2025] IECA 156 of 30 July 2025. Judgment [2025] IECA 156 of 30 July 2025 resulted from the State’s appeal of High Court judgment [2024] IEHC 493, 01 August 2024. In [2025] IECA...

A Syrian national applied for asylum in Denmark on 1st July 2016 and was issued a temporary residence document pursuant to Paragraph 7(3) of the Law on Foreign Nationals, by decision of 29 August 2016. That residence document was initially valid for one year and further extended automatically for the same duration until on 17 November 2020 the Danish determining authority decided not to renew it, pursuant to Paragraph 11(2) of the Law on Foreign Nationals.

The...

The Federal Office for Migration and Asylum (BAMF) cooperated with UNHCR and participated in voluntary humanitarian admission program since 2012, having the Federal Ministry of the Interior issuing admission orders under this framework. The latter ordered BAMF since 10 April 2024 to grant admission orders to up to 6,350 third country nationals or stateless persons who are residing in Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, or Pakistan, or who were evacuated from Libya as part of the resettlement...

A Russian applicant, of Chechen ethnic origin, complained before the ECtHR against the removal decision issued by the Swiss authorities following the negative decision on his asylum claim. He alleged that his removal would lead to a violation of Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention because he would be exposed to a risk of ill-treatment and risk for his life.

The court noted that the applicant first attempted to travel to Switzerland in 2015 and unsuccessfully requested a visa...

The BAMF sought leave of appeal against the Regional Administrative Court of Hanover decision in a case where the latter annulled BAMF decision to revoke international protection for a Syrian national who was criminally convicted for 'commercial human smuggling'. The regional court concluded that no act of the United Nations (UN) declared human trafficking as being contrary to the...

A Syrian national, born in 1996, was granted international protection in Greece and further travelled to Germany in June 2018 and applied again for asylum there. The Federal Office for Migration and Asylum (BAMF) rejected the application as inadmissible and appeals before lower courts were unsuccessful. The appeals were dismissed on grounds that the applicant would not face a significant risk of being subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment contrary to Article 4 of the EU Charter or...

The applicant lodged an application for international protection on 13 February 2023 in the Netherlands. A EURODAC search revealed that the applicant had previously applied for asylum in Croatia on 2 February 2023. A transfer decision under the Dublin III regulation was taken on 20 June 2023 by the Minister for Asylum and Migration. The applicant appealed this decision before the District Court of the Hague seated in Roermond, and a request for interim relief was granted. The proceedings were...

Mr. A.C., a Georgian national born in 1971, entered France legally on 19 March 2023 with his two sons and applied for asylum. Both the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) and the National Court of Asylum (CNDA) rejected his international protection application on 11 October 2023 and 6 February 2024 respectively. Meanwhile, on 24 October 2023 he had applied for a temporary residence permit under Article L. 425-10 of the Code on...