#asylum procedure

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Switzerland: Travel ban announced for refugees and asylum seekers

Switzerland has announced major changes to the movements of asylum seekers and recognized refugees in the country. Under new laws, people se

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EU reported to be considering 12 possible countries to site migrant 'return hubs'

Since the European Parliament voted to allow the possibility of building ‘return hubs’ outside of EU borders, member states have been search

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Issues that have hindered Albania plan one year since it was launched

Italy's original plan to run facilities in Albania to process asylum requests is still incomplete one year after it was launched due to the

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'Migrant centers in Albania are illegitimate', says NGO report

According to the Beyond the Border report by the Asylum and Immigration Table (TAI), an Italian coalition of NGOs, presented in Rome on Febr

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Italy: Teacher stands by student in Turin’s immigration lines

In Turin, foreigners have been waiting in line for weeks, even overnight in freezing temperatures, to obtain their residence permits. A high

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Asylum in the European Courts: a case roundup - Free Movement

Asylum procedure in Europe has been examined in three recent decisions. In two, the European Court of Human Rights found actual or imminent violations of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In the other, the Court of Justice of the European Union considered the proper interpretation of ‘political opinion’ as a reason for persecution. WA and others v Hungary The first case, WA and others v Hungary (application nos 64050/12, 64558/16, 66064/13), concerned three Syrian asylum seekers who had entered Hungary from Serbia. Their claims were quickly rejected as inadmissible, and they were returned to Serbia on the basis that it was a safe third country in...

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The Slovenian Constitutional Court ruled on 18 September 2019 that Article 10b of the Aliens Act, setting out measures of temporary suspension of the right to asylum, was contrary to the principle of non-refoulement.

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The Italian government signed today a decree establishing a list of countries designated as “safe countries of origin”. The concept was introduced for the first time in the Italian asylum procedure following the 2018 legislative reform.