The Court of Justice of the European Union states in its judgement of 25 January 2018 (C-473/16) that an asylum seeker may not be subjected to a psychological test in order to determine his sexual orientation. The performance of such a test amounts to a disproportionate interference in the private life of the asylum seeker. Read more ...
On 29 August 2017, the 1st chamber of the 2nd court panel of the Federal Constitutional Court decided unanimously in several cases that denying legal aid for lawsuits brought forward by asylum seekers from Syria is not compatible with the constitutionally protected right of having equal access to judicial review. The Federal Constitutional Court overturned the judgments from lower courts, which had denied the Syrian asylum seekers financial assistance from public funds for legal expenses associated with their cases, otherwise known as legal aid. Read more ...
The Court of the European Union decided on 20 December 2017 (case number C-442/16) that an EU citizen who, after more than one year, has ceased to work in a self-employed capacity in another Member State because of an absence of work owing to reasons beyond his control retains the status of self-employed person and, consequently, a right to reside in that Member State. Read more ...
In its judgment from 27 June 2017 (File number 2 LB 117/17), the 2nd Senate of the Higher Administrative Court of Lower Saxony turned down an action lodged by a Syrian national who had claimed he was entitled to refugee protection status, which is a higher form of protection than the subsidiary protection status he was granted. Read more ...
The Higher Administrative Court for the state of Hesse issued three judgements on 6 June 2017 requiring the Federal Republic of Germany to grant refugee protection status to three Syrian nationals. Read more ...
The information on the appeal procedure that was attached to notices by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has been worded incorrectly. Read more ...
Spanish authorities systematically and often violently expel refugees and migrants at the border with Morocco. This long-standing practice of push-backs at the external borders of the European Union (EU) is unlawful. Automatic expulsions violate the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today ruled in Strasbourg. Read more ...
In response to the migration crisis that affected Europe in the summer of 2015, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision in order to help Italy and Greece deal with the massive inflow of migrants. The decision provides for the relocation from those two Member States to other EU Member States, over a period of two years, of 120 000 persons in clear need of international protection. That mechanism is actually a proportionate means of enabling Greece and Italy to deal with the impact of the 2015 migration crisis. Read more ...
The Court of Justice of the European Union decided in case Tsegezab Mengesteab v Germany (C-670/16) that an asylum seeker may rely in legal proceedings on the fact that the Member State has become responsible for examining his application because of the expiry of the three-month period within which that Member State may request another Member State to take charge of him. Read more ...
The European Commission has awarded an additional € 6.48 million in emergency assistance to improve reception conditions in accommodation centers in the Greek islands of Lesvos (Kara Tepe) and Chios (Souda). With this funding the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will provide services such as food, water and sanitation supply and help ensure protection for vulnerable migrants as well as education and healthcare. Read more ...
