A Venezuelan national applied for international protection. His request was declared inadmissible by the Minister for Asylum and Migration (formerly the State Secretary for Justice and Security) on 6 December 2022 on the basis of Article 30a(1)(c) of the Vw 2000, which transposed Article 33(2) and (c) of the recast Asylum Procedures Directive (APD). Ecuador, where he had previously resided for 6 years, was considered to be a safe third country for the applicant. The minister also issued a...

According to the CJEU press release:

"A beneficiary of subsidiary protection, who had been lawfully resident in Italy since 2011, was receiving ‘citizens' income', a social benefit coupled with measures for occupational and social integration. The grant of that assistance was subject to a condition that the beneficiary have resided in Italy for a minimum of 10 years, the last 2 years of which had to have been continuous.

Following an administrative...

A., a national of Sudan from the State of Sennar (Sinja), of Berti ethnicity, requested international protection in France, claiming that he feared being exposed to persecution or serious harm if returned to his country of origin, on the one hand, because of a private conflict between him and shepherds. He claimed that he was arrested and detained by known shepherds after his flock was stolen. On the other hand, he claimed that he feared persecution or serious harm because of the Sudanese...

M., a national of Zimbabwe, requested international protection in France, claiming that, if returned to her country of origin, she feared being exposed to persecution or serious harm by the Zimbabwean civil society and law enforcement authorities on account of her sexual orientation. The applicant claimed that as an adolescent she had a relationship with a woman and after being blackmailed by her cousin, she informed her family about her sexual orientation, which led to the funding of her...

A., a Somalian national applied for international protection in Finland, citing a threat of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) by the family of the father of her then unborn child. The applicant reiterated the same grounds during her interview, after her daughter was born in Finland. The Finnish Immigration Service rejected the application for A. and her child and ordered their removal to Somalia. The applicants' appeal was further dismissed by the administrative court, who found...

According to the press release of 21 May 2026:

"Principal facts

The applicant is a Tunisian national who was born in 1983. He claimed to have arrived in Belgium on...

A., a Somali national of Hilibi ethnic background, requested international protection in Norway arguing that she had been stopped and mistreated by men affiliated with the Islamist movement al-Shabaab after she had danced at a wedding, which the men believed was against their culture and religion. She stated that she was threatened by them. The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) rejected A.'s application on 26 June 2017. The UDI did not take a position...

A., a Ukrainian national, has resided in Finland since 2014 holding several residence permits. In January 2018, the Police Department recommended the deportation of the applicant on grounds that he has committed crimes. In September 2018, the Finnish Immigration Service decided not to deport him, but it mentioned to reconsider the removal if the applicant would be convicted of crimes in the future. In November 2020, the Finnish Immigration Service decided not to extend the applicant's...

A., a 19-year-old Ukrainian-born applicant who was naturalised as Russian at the age of 6, had been living in Latvia since 2014, and without a valid identity document since 2021. On 20 May 2025, the applicant requested international protection, submitting that due to his origin he faced discrimination while living in Russia, including denial of access to education. He based his application for international protection on political grounds, stating that he had opposed the war in Ukraine on...

According to the press release of the ECtHR:

"The applicants are seven Venezuelan nationals who were born between 1974 and 2002.

They were intercepted on 11 April 2019 in the territorial waters of Curaçao, attempting to enter that country. They were arrested and taken ashore by the coast guard, then served with...

M.A., an individual of Palestinian origin born in Lebanon, applied for asylum on 26 November 2015. His application was rejected by the Asylum Service on 18 April 2016, and his appeal to the Refugee Reviewing Authority was also rejected. M.A. registered a subsequent application on 28 November 2021, attaching medical evidence reporting being admitted to Nicosia General hospital and the diagnosis of a skin infection in the hand, diabetes mellitus, and insulin dependency. His subsequent...

According to the CJEU press release:

"In 2023, certain third-country nationals, who arrived by aeroplane at Brussels airport, submitted applications for international protection. The Belgian authorities refused their entry to the national territory and detained them in centres located inside that territory as part of the border procedures laid down by EU law. At the end of the period...

According to the ECtHR press release of 9 April 2026:

“Principal facts

The applicants are four individuals who arrived in Belgium in 2022 and applied for international protection. They allegedly lived and slept on the street in Brussels, in extremely precarious conditions, despite final decisions by the Brussels French-Language Employment Tribunal ordering the...

The case concerns the conditions of reception in the Italian reception centre and centre for asylum seekers, Sant'Anna C.A.R.A. Regional Hub in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone.

H.D., an unaccompanied minor from Burkina Faso, arrived in Italy on 24 June 2023. The applicant was immediately placed in the adult reception centre and centre for asylum seekers, Sant'Anna C.A.R.A. Regional Hub in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, where he was detained for approximately five months,...

A third country national whose asylum application had been rejected in Belgium and who had been issued a two-year entry ban requested international protection in Slovenia. On 6 November the Ministry of Interior issued a decision declaring Belgium the member state responsible to examine the applicant's request. Upon appeal, the Administrative Court upheld the ministry's decision in that there were no systemic deficiencies in the asylum system of Belgium and...