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UK - The Queen (on the application of Citizens UK) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, 31 July 2018

Beslutande stat: United Kingdom
Nyckelord: Dublin Transfer, Effective access to procedures, Effective remedy (right to), Unaccompanied minor

The Court of Appeal found the "one-off" expedited procedure in place from 2016-2017 in Calais for unaccompanied children with family members, siblings or relatives in the UK and operated by the British and French authorities to fall below the requirements of procedural fairness as a matter of common law. 
Date: 31-07-2018

Denmark - the Refugee Appeals Board’s decision of 17 May 2018

Beslutande stat: Denmark
Sökandes ursprungsland: Uganda
Nyckelord: Discrimination, Membership of a particular social group, Refugee Status, Relevant Facts, Sexual orientation, Well-founded fear

The applicant, an ethnic Samia and Christian Protestant from Mukono, Uganda, became aware of his sexual orientation when he was between 7 and 9 years old and has had several both short and longer relations with men.

The Refugee Appeals Board accepted the applicants account which included imprisonment and physical and sexual abuse as well as harassment by village locals. Consequently, the Board found that the applicant was at risk of persecution by his family and locals against which no protection by the authorities could be obtained. Therefore, the applicant was granted refugee...
Date: 17-05-2018

France – Rennes Administrative Tribunal, 5 January 2018, Application no. 1705747

Beslutande stat: France
Sökandes ursprungsland: Sudan
Nyckelord: Dublin Transfer, Effective access to procedures, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Material reception conditions, Reception conditions, Request to take back

There are systemic deficiencies in the Italian asylum procedure and in its reception conditions for asylum applicants which amount to inhuman or degrading treatment.
Date: 05-01-2018

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