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Hassen El Dridi, CJEU, Case no. C-61/11 PPU, 28 April 2011

Sep 5, 2022

The CJEU found that the Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Members States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals must be interpreted as precluding a Member...

Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast)

Sep 5, 2022

The recast “Asylum Procedures Directive” is a recast of a previous Directive (Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005), with implementation deadline of 20 July 2015. The Directive sets up common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection...

Administrative Court of Sofia, Decision No. 4182, 24 June 2021

Sep 5, 2022

The Court concluded that a child born in Bulgaria, who is fully integrated in the community cannot be returned to his country of origin together with his mother, where he will be at risk of being persecuted under Article 9, para 1 in relation to para 2, item f of...

Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, Case No. 8941/2019, Judgment No. 1277, 27 January 2020

Sep 5, 2022

The administrative body had discussed only the mother’s refugee story, without providing reasoning for its decision to refuse status to her children. The Court concludes that the administrative body did not respect and protect the best interests of the children:...

Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, Case No. 10453/2019, Judgment No. 75, 6 January 2020

Sep 5, 2022

The court repealed the order for immigration detention of a mother and her child. The detention order did not contain reasoning as to the exceptionality of the situation that required detention and the administrative body had made no assessment to protect the...