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On 6^th October 2021, the Committee on the Rights of the Child gave their decision in the case of MKAH v Switzerland. This case was brought by the Centre Suisse pour la defense des droits des migrants (CDSM) with a joint third party intervention from the AIRE Centre, ECRE and the Dutch Council for Refugees. It concerned a stateless Palestinian boy who was born in a refugee camp in Damascus, Syria.

On 30 September 2021, the ECtHR published its decision for the case of Aarrass v Belgium (Application no. 16371/18).

In L.B. v France (application no. 67839/17), the applicant is an intersex person of Moroccan nationality who underwent sexual reassignment treatment in France. He was deported to Morocco after the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons refused to grant him a refugee status.

Z.E. and Others v Poland (Application no. 4457/18) concerns the applicant Z.E and her four children, who are Russian nationals of Chechen origin. In 2013, the applicants were stopped while crossing the Polish border with Z.E’s husband. Various sets of asylum proceedings ensued and ultimately ended in a refusal.