The applicant, a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was granted refugee status as a minor based on the principle of family unity, as his father had been recognised as refugee previously. On 30 January 2023, the OFPRA revoked the applicant’s international protection. The OFPRA justified its decision on the grounds that the circumstances thanks to which the applicant was granted refugee status ceased to exist. The applicant appealed against this decision on 8 March 2023.

The court started by recalling that a change in the circumstances which justified the applicant being granted refugee status could lead to the revocation of his international protection. It then recalled the principle of family unit and noted that the applicant, who had been granted refugee status on this basis as a minor, had since turned 18 and broken all material or moral ties with his father. Thus, the circumstances which justified his recognition as refugee ceased to exist so that the OFPRA was free to revoke his international protection. Thus, the CNDA rejected the appeal and confirmed the contested decision.