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Administrative Court of Sofia, Decision No. 8426, 30 December 2016

Sep 5, 2022

The asylum authorities had detained an unaccompanied asylum seeking child on the ground that it was in the interest of his own safety as he had taken part in fights with other asylum seekers at the reception centre. However, the court repealed the detention order...

Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, Case No. 9836/2016, Judgement No. 10872, 18 October 2016

Sep 5, 2022

The ruling concerns the right to legal representation and to a lawyer of two detained unaccompanied migrant children (12 and 14 years old) who, as minors, did not have the legal capacity to sign a power of attorney of a lawyer (this must be done by their legal...

Administrative Court of Sofia, Decision No. 2263, 25 May 2011

Sep 5, 2022

The Court ordered unconditional release from detention of an accompanied migrant child. The case was initiated using the remedy of defence against factual unlawful action (detention). The court accepted the complaint that the permissible period of the minor’s...

M.M. v. Principal Immigration Officer, Immigration Appeals Board of Malta,13 April 2022

Jun 14, 2022

The appellant is a Bangladeshi national who was rescued and disembarked in Malta in September 2019. He declared to be a minor born on 01 January 2003 upon arrival and was directly detained. The appellant was detained on health grounds until June 2020 where he was...

R.M v. Principal Immigration Officer, Immigration Appeals Board of Malta, 24 March 2022

Jun 14, 2022

The appellant is a Bangladeshi national who was rescued and disembarked in Malta in December 2021. He was directly detained upon arrival and later declared that he is a minor during the lodging of his asylum application and was referred for the age assessment...