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F.B v. The Principal Immigration Officer

Jun 14, 2022

The appellant is a Ghanaian national who was rescued and disembarked in Malta in July 2021 and declared that he is a minor upon arrival. He was directly detained upon disembarkation and issued with a removal order in August 2021. It later transpired that the...

S.F. and others v. Bulgaria, ECtHR, Application No. 8138/16, Judgment of 7 December 2017

Jan 26, 2022

The case concerns three Iraqi children who had fled Iraq accompanied by their parents, who were intercepted by the police at the Bulgarian-Serbian border and detained (with their parents) in a Border Police detention facility. The Court found that Bulgaria had...

CJEU, FMS, FNZ, SA, SA junior v Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság and Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság, Joined Cases no. C-924/19 PPU and C-925/19 PPU, 14 May 2020

Jan 26, 2022

Compulsory, indefinite placement of migrants in the transit zones qualifies as detention and is unlawful....

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)

Jan 26, 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...

Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), Practical Guidance on Alternatives to Immigration Detention: Fostering Effective Results

Jan 26, 2022

This Practical Guidance was adopted by the Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe at its 91st meeting (18-21 June 2019). Its main focus is on the practical aspects of applying alternatives to detention, considering also the fact that in this...