The applicant applied for asylum alledging she was the victim of harassement and domestic violence. This claim was rejected by the CGRS. She then further appealed claiming that the COVID-19 pandemic substantialy changed her situation.

The court noted that the applicant did not bring any further evidence to substantiate her need of protection due to harassement and domestic violence, but she brought up a generic argumentation about the pandemic, without showing how this would change concretely her situation regarding her need for international protection. The court underlined that the risks arising from the pandemic are not caused by one of the actors of persecution, as foreseen under Belgian legislation and the recast Qualification Directive, Article 6. The court observed that the fact that there are travel restrictions to Georgia and only Georgian nationals can enter the country does not prove that the applicant would be subject to torture or inhuman or degreading treatment (as defined under ECHR, Article 3) and it also does not suggest that the pandemic situation is more serious in Georgia than in Belgium.