The request for a preliminary ruling was made in the context of proceedings initiated by DL, a third-country national, who appealed against a detention decision adopted to enforce a return decision. Following the withdrawal of his asylum application, by decision of 3 February 2026, the Minister for Asylum and Migration issued a return decision in which it designated three potential countries of destination: Morocco, Algeria, and Libya, chosen based on information provided by DL since the...

According to the ECtHR press release of 23 June 2026:

“The case concerns the national authorities' failure to take a decision on an application for family reunification lodged by a Burundian national who has been granted refugee status in Greece.

The applicant submits that he is unable to produce the supporting...

A.D., an Afghan national who obtained refugee status in Greece in 2018, requested family reunification with his spouse and five children, who were residing in Afghanistan.

As part of the review of the application, the Greek Asylum Service summoned the applicant to an initial interview on 15 June 2021 and informed him that, based on the relevant legislation, he was required to provide the necessary supporting documents, duly certified and translated into...

A stateless Rohingya of Myanmar obtained refugee status in Greece on 19 April 2019. On 28 August 2019, he submitted a request for family reunification to the Greek Asylum Service (GAS) to reunite with his spouse and two minor children who were residing in Bangladesh. During an initial and a supplementary interview taking place on 13 January and 2 February 2021, GAS indicated to the applicant that he had the obligation to provide, according to the relevant legislation, the necessary supporting...

The German Federal Social Court referred questions to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling on whether national provisions reducing material reception conditions are compatible with the recast Reception Conditions Directive (RCD), specifically in the context of reception of an asylum applicant pending enforcement of a decision on a Dublin transfer.

By decision of 25 October 2021, F.B., an Afghan national,...

The request for a preliminary ruling was submitted in the context of asylum applications lodged in the Netherlands by eight Iraqi nationals, members of the same family consisting in two parents and six children, several being girls. They cited three main grounds to substantiate their request for international protection: (i)  issues with a neighbour, fear of a vendetta and the daughters being forced into...

The request for a preliminary ruling was submitted in the context of an appeal lodged by a Pakistani national against the negative decision on his asylum application issued by the Minister for Asylum and Migration. Although the Minister considered the applicant's account to be largely credible, it found that he had not been treated as an apostate and that,...

A Russian national born in 2004 was granted subsidiary protection by the Administrative Court of Berlin, which found that there was a real likelihood that he would be unable to resist pressure to enlist as a so-called 'contract soldier'. In this position, he would face deployment in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and, as a consequence, a risk of inhuman or degrading treatment, including the danger of being killed, injured, or compelled to participate in violations of...

According to the court's press release:

"Principal facts

The applicant, J.B., is a Syrian national who was born in 1965 and lives in Caen (France). According to J.B., he had left Syria in April 2015 as he was in danger from the Islamic State due to his Armenian origin and Christian faith, and also because the country was at war. He travelled through Lebanon...

Twenty applications were sent to the Constitutional Court in October 2025, requesting the annulment and suspension of the Law of 14 July 2025 which modified the Law of 15 December 1980 on access to territory, residence, and removal of third country nationals, as well as Articles 2, 4 and 5 of the Law of 12 January 2007 on the reception of asylum applicants and other categories of aliens. The first contested measures allowed Fedasil to limit or withdraw the right to material assistance when a...

A Moroccan national was issued an expulsion order by the Prefect of Pistoia on 20 January 2020. On 6 April 2026, the Questore of Potenza ordered his detention in the Repatriation Detention Centre (CPR) of Potenza pursuant to Article 14(1) of Legislative Decree No 286/1998. That detention order was validated by the Magistrate of Melfi on 10 April 2026. On 22 April 2026, the Moroccan national expressed his intention to apply for international protection. On the same day, the Questore of...

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...

Y., a Sudanese national, originating from the city of Kebkabiya, in the State of the North Darfur, and of Fur ethnicity, applied for international protection in France, claiming a fear of persecution by members of the Rapid Support Forces (FSR) due to his ethnic and geographical origin, without benefitting from effective protection by the Sudanese authorities. The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) rejected the request for refugee status by decision of...

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...